Review the organisms that cause opportunistic mycoses and their predisposing factors by completing the sentence.

_____________ is a member of the normal microbiota in about 20% of humans.
> Pneumocystis jiroveci
> AIDS
> Aspergillus
> Thrush
> Candida albicans
> Antibiotics
> Cryptococcus


> Candida albicans

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