抗生素抗生素自身抗体和真菌感染
Shanthi Kappagoda1, Stanley Deresinski1
1Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.
Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 25, 2023
概括
抗生素自抗体 (ACAA) 导致成人开始的免疫缺陷,导致严重的真菌感染. 识别ACAA对于诊断和管理这些罕见但严重的疾病至关重要.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
背景情况:
- 成年开始的免疫缺陷可以模仿原发性疾病.
- 严重的真菌感染可能表明潜在的免疫失调.
- 抗生素自身抗体 (ACAA) 越来越多地被认为是获得性免疫缺陷的原因.
研究的目的:
- 审查先天免疫和细胞因子在真菌感染中的作用.
- 提出临床病例,将ACAA与严重的真菌感染联系起来.
- 讨论ACAA相关疾病的诊断测试和治疗策略.
主要方法:
- 关于天生的免疫和真菌感染的文献综述.
- 对四名患有ACAA和严重真菌感染的患者的病例系列分析.
- 对ACAA和治疗选择的诊断试验的讨论.
主要成果:
- 详细介绍了四种不同的临床情景:抗干扰素-γ与Talaromyces marneffei和基因质;抗GM-CSF与Cryptococcus gattii;抗IL-17A/F与粘膜皮肤候群病.
- 在这些情况下,ACAA与耐火性和严重的真菌感染有关.
- 这项研究强调了在无法解释的免疫缺陷中考虑ACAA的重要性.
结论:
- 通过破坏关键的细胞因子通路,ACAA可以导致严重的,危及生命的真菌感染.
- 在患有严重或复发性真菌感染和免疫缺陷症状的患者中,应考虑对ACAA进行测试.
- 针对性治疗,既针对感染,也针对自身抗体的产生,对于管理至关重要.
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