Paracoccidioidal infection in the wife of a patient with paracoccidioidomycosis.
Three agar immunoprecipitin techniques (double immunodiffusion, immunoelectrophoresis and immunoelectroosmophoresis-immunodiffusion) made with paracoccidioidin and serum of a paracoccidioidomycosis patient's wife, permitted us to observe a specific band in 6 successive samples of blood taken from the wife over a period of 21 months. The case represents an example of a subclinical paracoccidioidomycosis infection that is usually diagnosed in its disseminated, progressive form. Three possible sources of infection are discussed. But an interhuman contagion appears to be the most feasible.
D000908:Antibodies, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000276:immunology; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000635:transmission; D012882:Skin Tests
D000908:Antibodies, Fungal