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Can the doctor diagnose candidiasis with a colonoscopy, or blood tests?
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No: Upper endoscopy will disclose candida of the mouth and esophagus. Candida almost never infects the colon. Of course you can have genital yeast infections which are different.
Answered 3/12/2017
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Clinical part needed: The diagnosis of candidiasis is not made without the clinical context- therefore, you can't diagnose it by colonoscopy. However, if Candida is growing from a blood culture, it's never as contaminant and must be treated, and the source controlled (eg. line-related vs GI source vs prosthetic device infection). In many cases, a patient may have other major illnesses affecting the immune system.
Answered 5/3/2015
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