Abstract
The importance of antibody immunity in protection against Cryptococcus neoformans remains unresolved. We measured serum C neoformans-specific and total antibody levels and peripheral blood B cell subsets of 12 previously healthy patients with cryptococcosis (cases) and 21 controls. Before and after adjustment for age, sex, and race, cryptococcal capsular polysaccharide immunoglobulin G was higher in cases than controls, whereas total B and memory B cell levels were lower. These associations parallel previous findings in patients with human immunodeficiency virus-associated cryptococcosis and suggest that B cell subset perturbations may also associate with disease in previously normal individuals with cryptococcosis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | ofx255 |
Journal | Open Forum Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
Keywords
- B cell subsets
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- HIV-associated cryptococcosis
- antibody immunity
- memory B cells
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Infectious Diseases
- Oncology