Increased peripheral blood TCD4+ counts and serum SP-D levels in patients with chronic paracoccidioidomycosis, during and after antifungal therapy

Increased peripheral blood TCD4+ counts and serum SP-D levels in patients with chronic paracoccidioidomycosis, during and after antifungal therapy

BACKGROUND The main clinical forms of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) are the acute/subacute form (AF) and the chronic form (CF), and they both display considerable clinical variability. The immune responses of PCM patients, during and after treatment, remain neglected, mainly in the case of CF patient...

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Main Authors: James Venturini, Ricardo Souza Cavalcante, Tatiane Fernanda Sylvestre, Rodolfo Ferreira dos Santos, Daniela Vanessa Moris, Lídia Raquel Carvalho, Maria Sueli Parreira de Arruda, Marjorie de Assis Golim, Rinaldo Poncio Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
paracoccidioidomycosis
T-lymphocyte subsets
antifungal agents
pulmonary fibrosis
emphysema
surfactant protein-D
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