Candida kefyr, formerly called Candida pseudotropicalis, is a fungi whose colonies are colored white to cream. Its appearance is smooth and glossy. It is usually found in cheese and other dairy products, and it exists as normal microflora in the human respiratory tract. This opportunistic type of fungus is considered as an emerging pathogen because it has been determined as the cause of many disseminated infections, particularly those which affect immunodepressed patients.

The infections caused by Candida kefyr are many and varied. It is most associated with cutaneous diseases instead of systemic ones. This allergenic fungi is to blame for a number of nail and pulmonary infections, but it is rarely the cause of candidiasis. Other infections caused by this fungi include blood sepsis, vaginitis, as well as urinary tract infection. Candida kefyr has even been isolated from burn wounds. At present, no toxic diseases are attributed to this fungi.