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Trait

Candida esophagitis

Candida infections of the esophagus are considered opportunistic infections and are seen most commonly in immunosuppressed patients, the most common symptoms being dysphagia, odynophagia, and retrosternal pain.

HPO HP:0033351

Summary

Also called
Esophageal candidiasis
Body system
Abnormality of the digestive systemAbnormality of the immune system

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5 genes linked to Candida esophagitis

Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Candida esophagitis is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.

GeneHow often it is seenConditions
PIK3CDphosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit deltaAlwaysIn 1 condition
IL17RCinterleukin 17 receptor COften (30–79%)In 1 condition
RNF31ring finger protein 31Often (30–79%)In 1 condition
TGFB1transforming growth factor beta 1Often (30–79%)In 1 condition
STAT3signal transducer and activator of transcription 3Sometimes (5–29%)In 1 condition

How often is among people with one of the gene's conditions, the most often across them, as the Human Phenotype Ontology records it. These pages describe traits and the research behind them; they are not a diagnosis, and a doctor or genetic counsellor is the person to ask about symptoms.

Broader traits

Inflammation of the esophagusOpportunistic fungal infection

Where this comes from

  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
  • Data release 2026.10.19-9814e911.

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