A 5-year-old boy with known severe combined immunodeficiency disease presented with chronic diarrhea, malabsorption and retarded growth. Candidaalbicans was found in distal duodenal fluid, and invading the intestinal mucosa. Chronic diarrhea persisted after antimycotic therapy, but responded to treat ment with cholestyramine. Repeated courses of cholestyramine resin over a 6-month period were required for complete resolution of the gastrointestinal symptomatology.
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