Adult onset of T-cell deficiency with impaired CD2 expression complicated by Rhodococcus infection: A case report

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 294-298

  Kittner, Jens Martin ^a   Jacobs, Roland ^a   Buyny, Sabine ^a   Peest, Dietrich ^a   Stoll, Matthias ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold Ernst ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; B7 ANTIGEN; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CD86 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; MEROPENEM; RIFAMPICIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COUGHING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33947277266     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60722-3     Document Type: Article

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