Humoral immune response to pneumococcal antigen 23-F in an asplenic patient with recurrent fulminant pneumococcaemia

Host defence mechanisms were analysed in a patient with three episodes of fulminant pneumococcaemia and one episode of bacteraemic epiglottitis with Haemophilus influenzae type b. The first episode took place 11 years after splenectomy for blunt abdominal trauma. Investigations revealed several host...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of infection 1991, Vol.22 (1), p.59-69
Hauptverfasser:	Zimmerli, W., Schaffner, A., Scheidegger, C., Scherz, R., Späth, P.J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Antibody Formation Antigens, Bacterial - immunology Antigens, Surface - immunology Complement C2 - deficiency Humans Lipopolysaccharides - analysis Male Opsonin Proteins - physiology Phagocytosis - physiology Pneumococcal Infections - immunology Recurrence Sepsis - immunology Splenectomy Streptococcus pneumoniae
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