Bacteremic Moraxella catarrhalis pneumonia in a patient with immunoglobulin deficiency

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-62

  Sugiyama, Hajime ^a   Ogata, Eri ^a   Shimamoto, Yuko ^a   Koshibu, Youji ^a   Matsumoto, Kaoru ^a   Murai, Keiko ^a   Miyashita, Taku ^a   Ono, Yasuo ^a   Nishiya, Hajime ^a   Kunii, Otohiko ^a   Sato, Tomohide ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common variable immunodeficiency; Immunoglobulin; Moraxella catarrhalis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 12944263830     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101560050051     Document Type: Article

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