CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE-RESPONSES IN SPOROTRICHOSIS

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作者
PLOUFFE, JF [1 ]
SILVA, J [1 ]
FEKETY, R [1 ]
REINHALTER, E [1 ]
BROWNE, R [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MICHIGAN,MED CTR,DEPT MED,DIV INFECT DIS,ANN ARBOR,MI 48104
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10.1093/infdis/139.2.152
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Cell-mediated immunity (CMI) was evaluated in five patients with cutaneous sporotrichosis and six patients with systemic sporotrichosis. Whereas patients with cutaneous disease showed normal CMI, the patients with systemic disease had significant abnormalities in CMI. Most patients exhibited responses to a sporothrix antigen, measured either in conventional assays of lymphocyte transformation or in preincubation assays. Two patients with protracted illnesses and continued abnormalities in CMI were treated with transfer factor and showed improvement in parameters of CMI and control of their disease. © 1979 by The University of Chicago.
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