Yeast Infection of the Skin and Mucous Membranes

What can be done to prevent the infection?

Some yeast infections can be avoided by:

What are the long-term effects of the infection?

Treatment is usually successful within 2 weeks, but the infection often comes back. If left untreated, yeast infections can cause sepsis, a life-threatening blood infection.

What are the risks to others?

Yeast infections are mildly contagious from person to person, and from place to place on the same person. A mother with a Candida albicans,\ \Candida tropicalis,\ \Candida glabrata,\ and \Candida parapsilosis.\ ',CAPTION,'Vaginal Yeast Infection');" onmouseout="return nd();">vaginal yeast infection can pass it on to her newborn during delivery.