China Journal of Leprosy and Skin Diseases ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 317-320.

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Update of human genetic susceptibility to Candida infections

BAO Fangfang, LIU Hong, ZHANG Furen.   

  1. Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Jinan 250022, China
  • Online:2016-05-15 Published:2018-12-25
  • Contact: ZHANG Furen, E-mail: zhangfuren@hotmail.com

Abstract: Candida is an important opportunistic pathogen, which can cause severe mucosal or systemic infections in immunocompromised hosts. However, some articles reported that Candida infections occur in patients with no immunodeficiency diseases and the speculation of the genetic background of Candida infections was emphasized. The update of the genetic susceptibility to Candida infections was reviewed in this article.

Key words: Candida, genetic susceptibility