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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1982-10-21
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pubmed:abstractText |
Human dialyzable leukocyte extract (10(7) - 10(8) leukocyte equivalents, containing transfer factor) was administered intraperitoneally to CFW mice the day of and 2 days after intravenous infection with Candida albicans. Tissue Candida populations were determined immediately after and 2, 4, 7 and 14 days after infection. Kidney populations were significantly reduced on 27% of the days studied. Similar reduction in C. albicans census was obtained after injection of leukocyte extracts from donors skin test-positive to Candida antigens or donors negative to Candida antigens by skin test and migration inhibition analyses. There was no evidence of a dose-response relationship for leukocyte extract in the range 10(5) - 10(9) leukocyte equivalents. When mice were primed with C. albicans antigen 4 weeks prior to challenge the efficacy of leukocyte extracts was not augmented. There was no evidence that the infection-reducing effects were related to augmented polymorphonuclear leukocyte mobilization, increased mononuclear clearance of C. albicans, or to a direct toxic effect on C. albicans blastospores. These studies suggest that the reduction in Candida populations was non-specific and give further impetus to the use of the dialyzable leukocyte extracts as non-specific supplements to antibiotics in overwhelming or recalcitrant infections in man.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jun
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pubmed:issn |
0036-2174
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
20
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
85-93
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-4-30
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Antigens, Fungal,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Ascitic Fluid,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Candida albicans,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Candidiasis,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Cell Extracts,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Hypersensitivity, Delayed,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Kidney,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Leukocytes,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Mice,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Neutrophils,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Tissue Extracts,
pubmed-meshheading:7051369-Transfer Factor
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pubmed:year |
1982
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Modification of an experimental mouse Candida infection by human dialyzable leukocyte extract.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study
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