Unusual fungal infections associated with immunologic hyporeactivity.
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.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D005670:Fusarium; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi; D009181:Mycoses / Q000276:immunology*; D012397:Rosette Formation; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology