Candida albicans Immune Complex details
What Candida albicans Immune Complex shows
An immune complex forms when antibodies in your blood bind to a target, here proteins from Candida albicans, a yeast that normally lives in the mouth, gut and on the skin. This blood test measures Candida-containing immune complexes, which some practitioners use alongside Candida antibody tests to look at how your immune system is responding to the yeast. A higher result suggests an active immune response involving Candida, which may occur with infection or overgrowth. Because exposure to Candida is almost universal, the result does not confirm infection on its own and is interpreted with your symptoms, Candida antibody results and other findings.
Tests that include Candida albicans Immune Complex
Candida Immune Complexes which form in vivo are comprised of Candida Albicans antigen, anti-Candida IgG antibodies, and complement. The presence of these complexes is an indication of overgrowth of C. albicans in the gut. Candida overgrowth was first described by Brabander and associates in 1957. Diagnosis of the condition has been difficult due to the ubiquitous nature of Candida resulting in the existence of antibodies to it in a large percentage of the normal population. It is also difficult to isolate by culture from stool due to the overgrowth by normal intestinal flora. Symptoms of Candida intestinal overgrowth include bloating, itching, and skin rashes. Lehman and Reiss suggested that the presence of immune complexes to Candida is an objective means of diagnosing the condition. The results of Broughton and Lanson concluded that the marker for Candida immune complexes not only aid in diagnosing intestinal overgrowth, but that levels of complexes decrease during successful treatment.
- Candida albicans Immune Complex Measures circulating immune complexes containing Candida albicans, which form when antibodies bind to the yeast, to look at the immune response to Candida.
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