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Associated Press - Tuesday, November 17, 1992
But a government expert on AIDS said that the warning applied only to a "tiny minority" of yeast infection cases that stand out for their severity or their lack of response to treatment.
"I don't think anybody can put a number to it," said Dr. Harold Jaffe, acting director of the HIV-AIDS division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Public Health Service said one study found that 38 percent of the women diagnosed with immunosuppression caused by the HIV virus had persistent or recurring yeast infections, or vaginal candidiasis, as their first symptom.
Dr. James Mason, head of the health service, said that "any woman at risk for AIDS should be aware of the possibility that recurrent or stubborn cases of vaginal candidiasis sometimes may be an early sign of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus."
The Food and Drug Administration has asked makers of over-the-counter treatments for yeast infections to include a warning on their labels alerting women to the possibility that the condition may be an indication of HIV.
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