Disseminated Cryptococcus treated with transfer factor.
Cardiac toxic reactions and pulmonary consolidation in the left lower lobe developed in a patient who was receiving amphotericin B therapy for cryptococcal meningitis. Following surgical resection of the lobe, multiple subcutaneous cryptococcal abscesses appeared. Flucytosine administered intravenously failed to eradicate the lesions. Transfer factor therapy and multiple drainage procedures elimniated the skin abscesses. Transfer factor therapy was administered for one year; the patient was asymptomatic 16 months after therapy was discontinued.
D000038:Abscess / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000628:therapy; D014165:Transfer Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014165:Transfer Factor; D000666:Amphotericin B; D005437:Flucytosine