Candida esophagitis in a human immunodeficiency virus-1-positive elite controller with hepatitis C virus cirrhosis

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2014 Dec 23;1(3):ofu111. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofu111. eCollection 2014 Dec.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Candida esophagitis; HIV; cirrhosis; elite controller; hepatitis C.