Intrapulmonary protein leakage in immunocompromised children and adults with pneumonia

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 432-436

  Ratjen, F ^a   Havers, W ^a   Braun, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Immunocompromised children; Pneumonia; Protein leakage

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ELASTASE; FIBRONECTIN; LACTOFERRIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG LAVAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032946119     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.5.432     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. 1 Williams DM, Remington JS. Pulmonary infection in the immunocompromised host. Am Rev Respir Dis 1976;114:259-64.
2. 2 Pizzo PA. Management of fever in patients with cancer and treatment induced neutropenia. N Engl J Med 1993;328: 1323-32.
3. 3 De Blic J, McKelvie P, Le Bourgois M, et al. Value of bronchoalveolar lavage in the management of severe acute pneumonia and interstitial pneumonias in the immunocompromised child. Thorax 1987;42:759-65.
4. 4 Frankel LR, Smith DW, Lewiston NJ. Bronchoalveolar lavage for the diagnosis of pneumonia in the immunocompromised child. Pediatrics 1988,81:785-8.
5. 5 Stokes DC, Shenep JL, Parham D, et al. Role of flexible bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates in pediatric patients with cancer. J Pediatr 1989;115:561-7.
6. 6 Winthrop AL, Waddell T, Superina RA. The diagnosis of pneumonia in the immunocompromised child: use of bronchoalveolar lavage. J Pediatr Surg 1990;25:878-80.
7. 7 Ratjen F, Havers W, Costabel U. Differential cytology of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in immunosuppressed children with pulmonary infiltrates. Arch Dis Child 1996;74: 507-11.
8. 8 Braun J, Mehnert A, Dalhoff K, et al. Different BALF protein composition in normal children and adults. Respiration 1997;64:350-7.
9. 9 Ratjen F, Bredendiek M, Brendel M, et al. Differential cytology of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in normal children. Eur Respir J 1994;7:1865-70.
10. 10 Braun J, Schultek T, Tegtmeier KF, et al. Luminometric assays of seven acute-phase proteins in minimal volumes of serum, plasma, sputum, and bronchoalveolar lavage. Clin Chem 1986;32:743-7.
11. 11 Spatafora M, Mirabella A, Rossi GA, et al. Lung inflammation in sarcoidosis: analysis of immunglobulin levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in active and inactive disease. Respiration 1985;48:127-35.
12. 12 Vandenplas O, Depelchin S, Delaunois L, et al. Bronchoalveolar lavage A and G and antiproteinase correlate with changes in diffusion indices during the natural course of pulmonary sarcoidosis. Eur Respir J 1994;7:1856-64.
13. 13 Riedler J, Grigg J, Stone CH, et al. Bronchoalveolar lavage in healthy children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995;152:163-8.
14. 14 Normand ICS, Olver RE, Reynolds EOR, et al. Permeability of the lung capillaries and alveoli to non-electrolytes in the foetal lung. J Physiol 1971;219:303-30.
15. 15 Hastings RH, Grady M, Sakuma T, et al. Clearance of different-sized protein from the alveolar space in humans and rabbits. J Appl Physiol 1992;73:1310-6.
16. 16 Brigham KL. Lung edema due to increased vascular permeability. In Staub NC, ed. Lung water and solute exchange. Lung Biology in Health and Disease Series, Volume 7. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1978:65-73.
17. 17 Von Wichert P, Joseph K, Mueller B, et al. Bronchoalveolar lavage. Quantification of intra-alveolar fluid? Am Rev Respir Dis 1993;147:148-52.
18. 18 Holter JF, Weiland JE, Pacht ER, et al. Protein permeability in the adult respiratory distress syndrome. J Clin Invest 1996;78:1513-22.
19. 19 Pittet JF, Mackersie RC, Martin TR, et al. Biological markers of acute lung injury: prognostic and pathogenetic significance. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997;155:1187-205.