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Cryptococcal pleural effusion in an HTLV-I carrier with Waldenstroem's macroglobulinemia. (2007)

Taguchi, Hirokuni,
Kotani, Shigemitsu,
Sugito, Sawa,
Kobayashi, Makoto,
Kubonishi, Ichiro,
Miyoshi, Isao

Abstract

A 70-year-old woman with Waldenstroem's macroglobulinemia developed bilateral pleural effusions due to Cryptococcus neoformans. She was found to be a carrier of HTLV-I. It is speculated that the opportunistic infection occurred as the result of an impaired cellular immunity secondary to HTLV-I infection.

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Keywords	cryptococcal pleuritis, HTLV-1 carrier, macroglobulinemia, Brief Note
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