Immunological aspects of some infectious dermatoses

An introduction about general imrnunolgy includinga review an humoral and cell-mediated immune responseswere presented.A review of literature regarding the immunologicalbebaviors of some diseases caused by infected agentsin whioh the pathogenesis is not so clear was done.There diseasos are candidosis, leprosy and herpessimplex.In candidosis defeiciency in cell-mediated immunitywas Commonly found in chronic mucocutaneous candidosisand underlies tho individual susceptibility.The comprehensive cla.ssification of Higgs andWells (1973) has been chosen as a convenient framework in reviewing ohronic mucocutaneous condidosis.Abnormality in cell-mediated iqmunity was foundin many with the fo.milial type although the pattern1:1re variable und does not correlate with the clinicalstate precisely.