Candida esophagitis in a human immunodeficiency virus-1-positive elite controller with hepatitis C virus cirrhosis.
We describe a case of Candida esophagitis in a human immunodeficiency virus elite controller with a preserved CD4 count, a population in which opportunistic infections are almost never seen. The patient has hepatitis C virus coinfection and compensated cirrhosis, suggesting a possible multifactorial etiology of immune dysregulation.
Department of Medicine , University of Washington , Seattle.
Anders
A
Chen
Department of Medicine , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland.
Eugenie
E
Shieh
Department of Medicine , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland.
Sherilyn
S
Brinkley
Department of Medicine , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland.
Joel N
JN
Blankson
Candida esophagitis; HIV; cirrhosis; elite controller; hepatitis C