Yeasts cause a spectrum of human diseases that range from colonization to uniformly fatal disease
• Invasive fungal disease occurs in at-risk patient populations
• Immunocompromised patients
• Patients on immunomodulatory therapy
• Patients with indwelling devices
• Critically ill patients
• Species most likely to cause disease include the following
• Yeasts – Cryptococcus neoformans, Candida spp...