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UNUSUAL FUNGAL INFECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNOLOGIC HYPOREACTIVITY
Author(s) -
HARRIS JOEL J.,
DOWNHAM II THOMAS F.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1978.tb06086.x
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , curvularia , malignancy , mycosis , fusarium , immunology , dermatology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , aspergillus , biology , alternative medicine , horticulture
Two patients had unusual fungal infections, considered to be contaminants, which suggested immunologic hyporeactivity. One patient with a Fusarium infection had an associated occult malignancy. The other patient had an initial localized, then disseminated Curvularia infection. Both patients, following analysis of subpopulations of lymphocytes, showed evidence of relative T and B cell defects.