Abstract
A brief evaluation was made to determine whether temporary improvements were obtained from the treatment with specific transfer factor of a 74 yr old patient suffering from chronic anergic coccidioidomycosis. The patient could not be treated any longer with amphotericin B, because of renal insufficiency consequent to the long term use of the drugs. A brief discussion is made of the theories attempting to explain the effects of cellular immunity in these patients and why, regardless of the clinical and immunological improvement, this type of patients could not obtain a complete cure without complementary chemotherapy.
| Translated title of the contribution | Transfer factors as the sole therapy in a case of anergic chronic coccidioidomycosis |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 137-141 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Revista latinoamericana de microbiologia |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1974 |
| Externally published | Yes |