Coccidioidomicose experimental em ratos imunossuprimidos

  • Remesar, Mirta C.
  • Blejer, Jorgelina L.
  • Negroni, Ricardo
  • Nejamkis, Marta R.
Publication date
August 1992
Publisher
Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Abstract

C. immitis inoculated rats are known to develop infection restricted to lung whereas cyclophosphamide (CY) treatment leads to widespread dissemination with considerable mortality. In this study, an attempt was made to elucidate the mechanisms involved in such behaviour. With this aim, spleen cells were transferred from infected CY-treated to infected untreated rats, achieving significant specific inhibition in footpad swelling to coccidioidin in recipients, attributable to a suppressor T cell subpopulation induced by greater fungal antigen concentration arising from widespread C. immitis dissemination in immunosuppressed animals. NK activity proved similar regardless of CY treatment. Lastly, chronically infected rats presented increased col...

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