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SUBMITTER: Ling Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4419340 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of experimental medicine 20150427 5
Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC) is characterized by recurrent or persistent infections of the skin, nail, oral, and genital mucosae with Candida species, mainly C. albicans. Autosomal-recessive (AR) IL-17RA and ACT1 deficiencies and autosomal-dominant IL-17F deficiency, each reported in a single kindred, underlie CMC in otherwise healthy patients. We report three patients from unrelated kindreds, aged 8, 12, and 37 yr with isolated CMC, who display AR IL-17RC deficiency. The patients are ...[more]