A Case of Varicella Pneumonia Treated With Transfer Factor

To the Editor.—  We read the case report of disseminated cryptococcosis treated with transfer factor written by Gross et al (240:2460, 1978). We experienced similar results with transfer factor therapy for a disseminated infection involving both skin and lungs that also was not amenable to antibiotic therapy.

Report of a Case.—  An 11-year-old boy was being followed up for chronic neutropenia and recurrent otitis media at Oklahoma Children's Memorial Hospital and Grady Memorial Hospital. Immunologic evaluation of this patient's condition disclosed decreased serum immunoglobulin level, absence of isoagglutinins, and normal phytohemagglutinin-induced lymphocyte transformation, but absence of delayed hypersensitivity to a battery of common antigens and an average leukocyte count of less than 100/cu mm.With no previous history of the disease, the patient had shown development of typical vesicles of chickenpox. For the first four days of his illness, he experienced a successive crop of vesicles in excess of that