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J. bras. pneumol ; 35(5): 480-483, maio 2009. ilus
Article in English, Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-517074

ABSTRACT

Pulmonary cavitation is rather uncommon in patients with sarcoidosis, and aspergilloma is even more uncommon in such cases. Here, we present the case of a 63-year-old female patient with cavitary lung disease who had been under treatment for TB for 9 months. A diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis was established based on the fiberoptic bronchoscopy finding of noncaseating granuloma. Treatment with corticosteroids led to a dramatic improvement in symptoms. While under treatment for sarcoidosis, the patient developed an aspergilloma. She presented immediate skin test reactivity to Aspergillus fumigatus, as well as positivity for A. fumigatus serum precipitins. This is the first reported case of aspergilloma formation in a patient with cavitary sarcoidosis in India.


A cavitação pulmonar é rara em pacientes com sarcoidose, e o aspergiloma é ainda mais raro nestes casos. Apresentamos o caso de uma paciente de 63 anos com doença pulmonar cavitária em tratamento para a TB por 9 meses. Estabeleceu-se o diagnóstico de sarcoidose pulmonar com base nos achados de granuloma não-caseoso na fibrobroncoscopia. Houve grande melhora dos sintomas com o tratamento com corticosteroides. A paciente desenvolveu um aspergiloma durante o tratamento para a sarcoidose. Houve reação imediata ao teste cutâneo para Aspergillus fumigatus, assim como resultado positivo para precipitinas de A. fumigatus no soro. Este é o primeiro caso relatado de formação de aspergiloma em um paciente com sarcoidose com cavitação na Índia.


Subject(s)
Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Aspergillus fumigatus , Aspergillosis/microbiology , Lung Diseases, Fungal/microbiology , Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary/complications , Aspergillus fumigatus/immunology , Biomarkers/blood , Precipitins/blood , Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary/drug therapy
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Indian J Exp Biol ; 2000 Jun; 38(6): 549-53
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-58497

ABSTRACT

Serum immunoglobulins of O. mossambicus were purified using chromatography methods--CM affinity gel blue chromatography followed by two step purification involving a combination of ion-exchange and gel filtration chromatography. Studies revealed that O. mossambicus produces only one class of high molecular weight macroglobulin as determined by molecular sieving by Sepharose CL 6-B. Immunoelectrophoresis of purified O. mossambicus serum against rabbit anti O. mossambicus serum gave only a single precipitin line. Further analysis of the immunoglobulin by SDS-PAGE showed that the IgM macroglobulin weighs about 900,000 Da, composed of mu-like heavy chain weighing about 90 kDa each and light chains weighing about 30 kDa each.


Subject(s)
Animals , Blood Protein Electrophoresis , Cattle , Chromatography, Gel , Chromatography, Ion Exchange , Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel , Hemagglutination Tests , Immunization , Immunoelectrophoresis , Immunoglobulin M/chemistry , Immunoglobulins/chemistry , Molecular Weight , Precipitins/blood , Rabbits , Serum Albumin, Bovine/immunology , Tilapia/blood
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Rev. bras. patol. clín ; 29(1): 20-3, jan.-mar. 1993. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-154136

ABSTRACT

Pacientes com FC frequentemente såo acometidos por infecçöes pulmonares, principalmente por P. aeruginosa tanto da variedade nåo mucóide como mucóide. Esta última, quando se instala, é acompanhada geralmente de deterioraçåo progressiva da funçåo pulmonar. Detectam-se nestes pacientes, anticorpos para o microorganismo e diversos produtos por ele produzidos. A imnunoeletroferese cruzada tem sido tradicionalmente utilizada para pesquisa de precipitinas para P. aeruginosa. Esta surgem pouco após o início do episódio infeccioso e guardam correlaçåo com a cronicidade do processo, quando se mostram mais numerosoas. Em pacientes infectados por P. auruginosa mucóide, o número de precipitinas costuma ser maior que nos infectados pela variedade nåo-mucóide. As precipitinas habitualmente nåo surgem nos pacientes apenas colonizados, servindo assim para distinguir casos de colonizaçåo dos de infecçåo, e indicando a oportunidade do emprego de antibioticoterapia nestes pacientes. O número de precipitinas se reduz após controle do processo infeccioso. Outras técnicas vêm sendo desenvolvidas com sucesso, para a pesquisa de anticorpos para P. aureginosa, visando a obtençåo de maior sensibilidade e especificidade, abrindo caminho para novas possibilidades de investigaçåo


Subject(s)
Humans , Antibody Formation , Cystic Fibrosis/immunology , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/immunology , Cystic Fibrosis/microbiology , Hemagglutination Tests , Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional , Pseudomonas Infections/immunology , Precipitins/blood , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/pathogenicity , Lung/microbiology
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Ceylon Med J ; 1992 Sep; 37(3): 81-2
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-47935

ABSTRACT

Definitive diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis is difficult to establish. Thus, confirmative evidence of active fungal aggression is imperative. In this study, an immunodiffusion test was carried out on 36 cases of pulmonary aspergillosis and two groups of subjects comprising 133 patients with non-fungal diseases and 134 healthy volunteers as controls. The test was positive in 92.3% of the patients with mycetoma, in 50% of the patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, and in 25% of the patients with invasive aspergillosis. Results were negative in all subjects in the two control groups. The findings indicate the efficacy of the test under study for supporting the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis.


Subject(s)
Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Aspergillosis/blood , Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary/blood , Female , Humans , Immunodiffusion , Lung Diseases, Fungal/blood , Male , Middle Aged , Precipitins/blood
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