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Review
. 2001 Feb;20(2):197-206.
doi: 10.1097/00006454-200102000-00017.

Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

C H Kirkpatrick  1
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Review

Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

C H Kirkpatrick. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Feb.

Abstract

Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis should be viewed as a spectrum of disorders in which the patients have persistent and/or recurrent candidiasis of the skin, nails and mucous membranes. Some of the conditions have genetic predispositions. A common immunologic abnormality is failure of the patient's T lymphocytes to produce cytokines that are essential for expression of cell-mediated immunity to Candida. Antifungal drugs are effective in clearing the infections, and treatments that restore cellular immunity have produced long term remissions.

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