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Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis
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designates a heterogeneous group of patients whose infection with Candida is chronic but superficial
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onset is before age 6 as a rule
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may be either inherited of sporadic
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in the inherited types
endocrinopathy
is often found
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most cases have well-defined limited defects of
cell-mediated immunity
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oral lesions are diffuse, and perlèche and lip fissures are common