can systematic candida ruin ELISA results ?

[ariel32]

Hello, im suffering from systematic candida for several years. I went to do an HIV rapid test using a blood samples, waited 30min and found NEGETIVE. the lab also sent my blood to an ELISA test and im waiting for the results.
I'V heard that systematic candida can cause an alisa test the be false-positive or inconclusive,that beacause candida antibodies are very similar to hiv antibodies .

is that true?

i quote: " Independent data show that p24 proteins, the basis for the ELISA antibody test, have been found to cross react with a wide variety of uninfected human tissue and blood samples from other disease states. For example, antibodies to candidiasis and mycobacterium infections cross react with p24"

from : http://www.virusmyth.com/aids/hiv/panel/chapter4.htm

AND ALSO:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2051308

thx

[Teak]

No, it cannot.

[ariel32]

are you sure of that?
please note that im not talking about a regular common oral candida/thrush, im talking about a systematic candida that i have for years....

btw the "case" that caused me to check for hiv, took place 9.5 months ago
( just for you know ,because of the "time window" issue....)

[ariel32]

i can add this articale also:

http://www.healtoronto.com/healthy_skeptic.html

"Both the ELISA and the Western Blot tests are used to detect only antibodies to HIV, but both of these tests are non-specific for HIV antibodies and are highly inaccurate. By being non-specific, the tests can respond to a vast number of non-HIV antibodies, microbes, bacteria and other conditions that are often found in the blood of normal healthy people"