A novel inherited CARD9 deficiency in an otherwise healthy woman with CNS candidiasis.

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Patients with caspase-associated recruitment domain-9 (CARD9) deficiency are more likely to develop invasive fungal disease that affect CNS. However, the understanding of how Candida invades and persists in CNS is still limited. We here reported a 24-year-old woman who were previously immunocompetent and diagnosed with CNS candidiasis. A novel autosomal recessive homozygous CARD9 mutation (c.184 + 5G > T) from...

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