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Role of autophagy genetic variants for the risk of Candida infections.
Medical mycology - 1 May 2014
Rosentul Diana C, Plantinga Theo S, Farcas Marius, Oosting Marije, Hamza Omar J M, Scott William K, Alexander Barbara D, Yang John C, Laird Gregory M, Joosten Leo A B, van der Meer Jos W M, Perfect John R, Kullberg Bart-Jan, van der Ven Andre J A M, Johnson Melissa D, Netea Mihai G
Abstract excerpt
Candida albicans can cause candidemia in neutropenic and critically ill patients and oropharyngeal candidiasis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients with low CD4(+) counts. Because all patients at risk do not develop Candida infections, it is possible that a patient's genetic ba...
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