Disseminated varicella infection: treatment with transfer factor in a patient with Hodgkin's disease.
Treatment with transfer factor in a patient with disseminated varicella infection complicating stage IV Hodgkin's disease is described. The patient, a 24-year-old woman, showed transient clinical improvement and restoration of immune response to varicella-zoster antigen after receiving transfer factor. Though she later died from septicaemia, further trials of treatment of disseminated viral infection in patients with Hodgkin's disease with transfer factor are indicated.
D000328:Adult; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors; D014165:Transfer Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors; D014165:Transfer Factor