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Review
. 2010 Dec;10(6):542-50.
doi: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e32833fd74f.

Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis and congenital susceptibility to Candida

Erik Glocker  1 , Bodo Grimbacher
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Review

Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis and congenital susceptibility to Candida

Erik Glocker et al. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Dec.

Abstract

Purpose of review: To give an overview on the clinical spectrum and the molecular background of host defence against Candida.

Recent findings: For many decades the molecular causes and the pathogenesis for an increased susceptibility to Candida - and fungal infections in general - have been elusive. In 2009 and 2010 interesting reports on the genetic background and the pathomechanisms involved in chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC) have been published.

Summary: The susceptibility to recurrent Candida infections can be a monogenetic Mendelian trait. The sensing of Candida cell wall components and the consecutive intracellular signalling in myeloid cells via CARD9, but also the role of Th17 cells and their cytokines take centre stage in the human host defence against Candida.

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