title: Cryptococcal pleural effusion in an HTLV-I carrier with Waldenstroem's macroglobulinemia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kubonishi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
mesh_terms: 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*