What is Candida? Candida is more commonly known as yeast infection. Candida is caused by a group of microscopic fungi or yeast. More than 20 different species of Candida are around the world today. Approximately only 25% of the women in the world have never experienced or been infected by yeast infection. Nearly 45% of the women who have had a yeast infection will experience chronic Candida, or a reoccurring yeast infection. Yeast infections like to grow in areas that are moist and dark. This is why the most common place for yeast infection to...