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

Authors
SCERPELLA EG GOULD SS MATHEWSON JJ DUPONT HL
Citation
Eg. Scerpella et al., 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, Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology, 2(2), 1995, pp. 246-248
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases","Medical Laboratory Technology",Microbiology
Journal title
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
1071412X
Volume
2
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
246 - 248
Database
ISI
SICI code
1071-412X(1995)2:2<246:MFDOAI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Six of 11 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with ch ronic diarrhea, shedding only Candida spp. in their stools, elicited a Candida-specific secretory immunoglobulin A response. Similar respons es were identified in only 1 of 10 HIV-positive patients with chronic diarrhea but without Candida spp. and in none of 10 HIV-negative subje cts without diarrhea. Candida spp. may play a role in the etiology of chronic diarrhea associated with HIV infection.