Selective immunoglobulin M deficiency in an adult with Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis and invasive aspergillosis

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 214-218

  Hong, R ^a   Gupta, Sudhir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Autoantibodies; Complement; Immune complexes; Primary immunodeficiency; Selective IgM deficiency; Toll like receptors; Unusual infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M DEFICIENCY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MONOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY BURST; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEROTYPE; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DYSGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 45749142399     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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