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COCCIDIOIDAL ANTIGEN-REACTIVE CD4(+) T-LYMPHOCYTES IN THE CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID IN COCCIDIOIDES-IMMITIS MENINGITIS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY MYCOLOGY Vollmer, T. L., Gaiser, C., DELLOCA, R. L., Porteus, M., Steinman, L., Stevens, D. A. 1995; 33 (1): 43-48

Abstract

CSF lymphocytes from patients with Coccidioides immitis meningitis exhibited a significant antigen-specific response to in vitro stimulation with C. immitis antigens. In some patients, lesser responses to control antigens (Candida and PPD) were also detected. Antigen-specific responses by CSF lymphocytes were seen early in the course of this disease as well as several years after patients had entered remission. When compared to CSF cells, the response of autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells was similar but of a much smaller magnitude and at times undetectable. Fluorescence activated cell sorting revealed an increased percentage of CD3+ (T-cells), CD4+ (helper/inducer) and CD3+/HLA-DR+ (activated T-cell) cells in the CSF of C. immitis meningitis patients compared to their blood. Most of the antigen-specific proliferative response resided in the CD4+ lymphocyte subset. CSF T-cell proliferation assays may have a role in the diagnosis of C. immitis meningitis.

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