Candida skin testing is a poor adjunct to tuberculin skin testing in international adoptees.
We conducted a prospective longitudinal study evaluating Candida skin testing among international adoptees presenting to our clinic between 2000 and 2006. Nineteen (17%) and 17 (15%) children had negative tests at presentation and at 6 months, respectively--only 3 were negative at both points. Our study suggests that Candida skin test reactivity is an unstable measure of anergy among international adoptees.
Yeo
Kee Thai
KT
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. kee.yeo@uhhospitals.org
Zhu
Xiaobei
X
Kirchner
H Lester
HL
LaBeaud
A Desiree
AD
Mandalakas
Anna
A
D000300:Adoption; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012882:Skin Tests / Q000379:methods*