Cryptococcal pleural effusion in an HTLV-I carrier with Waldenstroem's macroglobulinemia.
A 70-year-old woman with Waldenstroem's macroglobulinemia developed bilateral pleural effusions due to Cryptococcus neoformans. She was found to be a carrier of HTLV-I. It is speculated that the opportunistic infection occurred as the result of an impaired cellular immunity secondary to HTLV-I infection.
Taguchi
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Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Japan.
Kotani
S
S
Sugito
S
S
Kobayashi
M
M
Kubonishi
I
I
Miyoshi
I
I
D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000150:complications*