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. 1971 Dec;9(6):733–748.

Treatment of chronic mucocutaneous moniliasis by immunologic reconstitution

C H Kirkpatrick, R R Rich, R G Graw, T K Smith, Irad Mickenberg, G N Rogentine
PMCID: PMC1713127  PMID: 4945734

Abstract

The immunological defect in a patient with chronic mucocutaneous moniliasis was characterized. While his Candida skin test was negative. exposure of his lymphocytes to candida extracts in vitro produced an increase in thymidine incorporation. Supernatants from cultures of antigen-stimulated lymphocytes did not contain macrophage migration-inhibition factor (MIF) activity.

Restoration of the immune system with transfusions of immuno-competent allogeneic lymphocytes was accompanied by conversion of the Candida skin test to positive, and MIF production by his lymphocytes. During the period that his immune system remained intact, there was marked clearing of the moniliasis. Eight months following the transfusions, the moniliasis recurred and when restudied, the patient again had negative skin tests and insignificant MIF production.

These observations demonstrate the importance of mediators in the expression of delayed hypersensitivity and provide evidence of a role of cellular immunity in resistance to certain chronic fungal infections.

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