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Induction of cellular immunity to Coccidioides immitis after sensitization with dinitrochlorobenzene.

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Burch, WM; Snyderman, R
Published in: Ann Intern Med
March 1982

A patient had progressive disseminated coccidioidomycosis and depressed cellular immunity to Coccidioides immitis. He developed a large nasal coccidioidal lesion that was unresponsive to conventional therapy. Application of dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) to the nasal lesion was temporally associated with resolution of the lesion and stabilization of the systemic disease. In addition, DNCB application was followed by signs of cellular immunity to C. immitis. These included development of delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity to coccidioidin, as well as lymphokine production and lymphoproliferative responses to coccidioidin. Similar forms of DNCB immunotherapy may prove useful in other patients with fungal disease and depressed cellular immunity.

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Ann Intern Med

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0003-4819

Publication Date

March 1982

Volume

96

Issue

3

Start / End Page

329 / 331

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Osteolysis
  • Nitrobenzenes
  • Male
  • Immunotherapy
  • Immunity, Cellular
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Dinitrochlorobenzene
  • Dermatomycoses
  • Coccidioidomycosis
 

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Burch, W. M., & Snyderman, R. (1982). Induction of cellular immunity to Coccidioides immitis after sensitization with dinitrochlorobenzene. Ann Intern Med, 96(3), 329–331. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-96-3-329
Burch, W. M., and R. Snyderman. “Induction of cellular immunity to Coccidioides immitis after sensitization with dinitrochlorobenzene.Ann Intern Med 96, no. 3 (March 1982): 329–31. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-96-3-329.
Burch, W. M., and R. Snyderman. “Induction of cellular immunity to Coccidioides immitis after sensitization with dinitrochlorobenzene.Ann Intern Med, vol. 96, no. 3, Mar. 1982, pp. 329–31. Pubmed, doi:10.7326/0003-4819-96-3-329.

Published In

Ann Intern Med

DOI

ISSN

0003-4819

Publication Date

March 1982

Volume

96

Issue

3

Start / End Page

329 / 331

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Osteolysis
  • Nitrobenzenes
  • Male
  • Immunotherapy
  • Immunity, Cellular
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Dinitrochlorobenzene
  • Dermatomycoses
  • Coccidioidomycosis