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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-24
pubmed:abstractText
A 23-year-old man was suffering from high fever and general fatigue 6 months before admission. The levels of serum Ca and intact-parathyroid hormone (PTH) were low. His brain computed tomography (CT) revealed marked calcifications of the basal ganglia, and pelvis magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed inflammation of his seminal vesicle. His candida antigen titer was high and antibiotic therapy was unsuccessful. High fever persisted despite fluconazole treatment, however he recovered after treatment with fluconazole and vitamin D (alfacalcitol). Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism hinders the activation of vitamin D via insufficient PTH secretion, and vitamin D has some immunological effects. His decreased natural killer (NK) cell activity improved after alfacalcitol treatment. We suggest the possible immunological effects of vitamin D in this fungal infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0918-2918
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism with fungal seminal vesiculitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Medicine, Kagoshima University School of Medicine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports