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Analysis of the systemic immune response in HIV-1-infected patients suffering from opportunistic Candida infection Volume 13, numéro 2, June 2002

Auteurs
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Servicio de Inmunología, C/ Dr. Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
  • Page(s) : 215-23
  • Année de parution : 2002

INTRODUCTION Infection by HIV-1 has emerged as the major risk factor predisposing patients to serious fungal infections. Many mycoses that previously were rarely seen are now commonplace, those caused by Candida spp being among the most prevalent [1]. Many abnormalities arise as consequence of HIV-1 infection [2]. As infection progresses, there is a defect in cell-mediated immunity which is manifested in vitro by a sequential loss [...]