Re: Today's appointment with microbiologist/immunologist

Yes, that's me. One of my tests showed my T-cells (immune system cells) do not produce TH17 cytokine IL-17.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20934207


"An impaired T(H)17 response to Candida species, although mediated by different mechanisms, was present in all CMC subgroups studied and might be a common factor predisposing to chronic candidiasis."

It seems this can either be hereditary gene defect as in the "Dectin-1 Y238X polymorphism", or also simply due to the candida infection itself, as below:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20624941


If your doctor has an idea how to fix the problem, please let us know.

Transfer factor did not cut it for me.

At least it sounds like you have found a much better than average doctor.