Candida Albicans

Anecdotal Reports of Candidiasis and Rosacea • Threads on this subject • Treatment for Candidiasis • Antibiotic Resistance •

Candidiasis is another rosacea mimic.

Candidiasis Cutaneous around the mouth
Image - A.D.A.M.

Candida albicans (a fungus or yeast) and rosacea have been linked in at least one research paper. One report said that a “patient was treated with intermittent pulses of itraconazole for the candidasis and doxycycline initially before being substituted with isotretinoin 6 months later for the rosacea.” and the outcome was that “the patient’s candidiasis responded well and has been in remission for 3 months while his rosacea continues to improve.”[1] Antibiotic resistance and bacterial overgrowth are other complications of long term antibiotic treatment for rosacea. [2] Walter Last dubs this 'antibiotic syndrome.' [3] "The use of invasive devices and broad spectrum antibiotics has increased the rate of candidal superinfections." [4]

Wikipedia lists a number of different types of Candida besides Albicans.

Since the first line treatment for rosacea usually includes antibiotics this may include the risk of later developing candida albicans. Indeed, there are anecdotal reports of rosaceans reporting developing candida. Scroll below for a list of anecdotal reports.

Candida albicans image

End Notes

[1] Autosomal Dominant Familial Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis Associated with Acne Rosacea
HL Ee, HH Tan, SK Ng; Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005; 34:571-4 • Full Article

[2] Bacterial Overgrowth, Antibiotic Resistance, Candida Albicans, SIBO, Side Effects of Long Term Antibiotic Therapy, and Gram-negative folliculitis
An Editorial by Brady Barrows

[3] CANDIDA and the ANTIBIOTIC SYNDROME
By Walter Last

[4] Candida sepsis following transcervical chorionic villi sampling.
A Paz, R Gonen, and I Potasman
Infectious Diseases, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Hafa, Israel.

Anecdotal Reports of Candidiasis and Rosacea

dizzy1

Jen-Bear

diane Wickersheim

Twin Mama

Threads on Candida and Rosacea

Candida and rosacea?

Anti-Candida Diet/Diatomaceous Earth by Julie

Treatment for Candidiasis

Don't Eat Sugar - Rosacea Diet or Rosacea 101

"The probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii is undergoing much research as of late, demonstrating its ability to diminish levels of Candida in the body. This is hence one of the specific probiotic strains often recommended alongside a more general probiotic, for anyone on a Candida cleanse or Candida diet."