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Candidemia is a bloodstream infection with Candida, a yeast-like fungus. Persons at high risk for candidemia include low-birth-weight babies, surgical patients, and those whose immune systems are deficient. Treatment of fulminant candidemia is with the antifungal agent amphotericin B. This is a life threatening emergency condition. The more usual situation is chronic subacute candidemia which should not be treated with Amphotericin B because of its life-threatening side-effects. Chronic subacute candidemia must be treated with the German isopathic (SanPharma). remedies.