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STD of Candida - male to female

Forty years ago, I developed a skin ulcer on the head of my penis due to being treated with tetracycline. We stopped the tetracycline, used a different antibiotic (I think it was erythromycin) and the skin lesion healed until, a week later, my penis was back to a normal state. I was told that the tetracycline had eliminated normal skin bacteria that  suppresses the cause of the lesion, in this case, Candida. Since that time, I have not used tetracycline and I have not experienced the skin lesion. My question: Is it possible all these years later for me to transmit Candida to a female through sex? Thank you.
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Thanks for your answer. I thought so, too, but needed some corroboration.
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Hi

The answer to your question is No, you have to have active fungus growth to transmit it.  

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