PMID- 15736723
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050504
LR  - 20130731
IS  - 1018-9068 (Print)
IS  - 1018-9068 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 4
DP  - 2004
TI  - Paradoxical coexistence of atopic asthma and Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type I 
      (HTLV-I) infection: a case report.
PG  - 348-51
AB  - In this case report, the authors report the presence of two supposedly antagonic 
      immune diseases in the same patient. The patient is a 45-year-old white woman 
      with a history of asthma and allergic rhinitis for the last 10 years. Asthmatic 
      symptoms were present and were triggered after exposure to dust and mold. Her 
      Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) seropositive status was detected by 
      chance five years ago during a routine screening for blood donation. Skin prick 
      tests were positive for Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides farinae 
      and Blomia tropicalis. Cytokine levels in unstimulated cultures were: IFNgamma= 
      1195 pg/ ml, TNFalpha = 460 pg/ml, IL5 = 41 pg/ml and IL10 = 265 pg/ml.
FAU - Souza-Machado, A
AU  - Souza-Machado A
AD  - Center for Respiratory Diseases, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, 
      Brazil. adelmirm@terra.com.br
FAU - Cruz, A A
AU  - Cruz AA
FAU - Galvao, T Sena
AU  - Galvao TS
FAU - Muniz, Andre
AU  - Muniz A
FAU - Porto, A
AU  - Porto A
FAU - Braga, S
AU  - Braga S
FAU - Carvalho, E Marcelino
AU  - Carvalho EM
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Spain
TA  - J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol
JT  - Journal of investigational allergology & clinical immunology
JID - 9107858
RN  - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma)
SB  - IM
MH  - Asthma/*complications/immunology
MH  - Female
MH  - HTLV-I Infections/*complications/immunology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
MH  - Middle Aged
EDAT- 2005/03/02 09:00
MHDA- 2005/05/05 09:00
CRDT- 2005/03/02 09:00
PHST- 2005/03/02 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/05/05 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/03/02 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 2004;14(4):348-51.