Successful treatment of candidiasis with transfer factor.

Hepatosplenic candidiasis: successful treatment with fluconazole.

PURPOSE To determine if fluconazole is effective treatment for hepatosplenic candidiasis that has not resolved with amphotericin B and flucytosine treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS Six patients (ages 3 to 44) with acute leukemia and hepatosplenic candidiasis who did not respond to prior antifungal therapy were treated with fluconazole. RESULTS All six patients had fever and three had nausea a...

Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis treated with transfer factor.

A patient with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis resistant to all tropical therapy has had extensive tests of immunological function carried out before and after administration of transfer factor. Immunological testing has been both specific, directed at responses to candida antigen, and non-specific, directed at general assessment of the patient's immune status. Transfer factor has been admini...

Acquired chronic candidiasis treated with transfer factor.

A patient with acquired chronic oral and vaginal candidiasis resistant to topical and parenteral therapy was found to have impaired cell mediated immunity to Candida antigen and loss of skin test response to tuberculin (Mantoux). Treatment with Candida-active transfer factor produced clinical remission lasting 1 year and restitution of in vitro and in vivo immune parameters. Relapse occurred wh...

Transfer factor therapy in a patient with chronic vaginal candidiasis.

A 32-year-old patient with chronic vaginal candidiasis was treated with 8 units of Transfer Factor (TF). Smears and cultures for Candida aZbicans became negative. Vaginal discharge and itching ceased, and the clinical condition of the vagina improved. Formerly negative delayed type skin tests with candidm converted to positive and Candida lymphocyte stimulation became measurable, suggesting tha...

Successful Treatment of Ethylene Glycol Poisoning with Haemodialysis