A young adult female patient has been diagnosed with a yeast infection. A nurse identifies that this is a type of pathogen known as

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Yeast infections are caused by a type of fungus, known as Candida. Therefore, the correct answer is fungi. Protozoa are single-celled organisms that can cause infections, viruses are not organisms themselves but are infectious agents that require a host cell to reproduce, and bacteria are a separate type of microorganism that can also cause infections but are different from fungi.

A Young Adult Female Patient Has Been Diagnosed with a Yeast