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. 1995 Mar;2(2):246–248. doi: 10.1128/cdli.2.2.246-248.1995

Methods for detection of an intestinal secretory immunoglobulin A response to Candida spp. and their preliminary application in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with chronic diarrhea.

E G Scerpella 1, S S Gould 1, J J Mathewson 1, H L DuPont 1
PMCID: PMC170138  PMID: 7697539

Abstract

Six of 11 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with chronic diarrhea, shedding only Candida spp. in their stools, elicited a Candida-specific secretory immunoglobulin A response. Similar responses were identified in only 1 of 10 HIV-positive patients with chronic diarrhea but without Candida spp. and in none of 10 HIV-negative subjects without diarrhea. Candida spp. may play a role in the etiology of chronic diarrhea associated with HIV infection.

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