Differential T-cell response in a young child and neonates with toxic shock syndrome

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-156

  Dateki, Sumito ^a,d   Kumamoto, Takashi ^a   Takayanagi, Toshimitsu ^a   Ohki, Takehiro ^b   Takahashi, Naoto ^b   Moriuchi, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a National Saga Hospital   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neonatal toxic shock syndrome like exanthematous disease; Superantigen; Toxic shock syndrome; Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1; V 2 positive T cell

Indexed keywords

SULTAMICILLIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SHOCK, SEPTIC; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 60849113170     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02779.x     Document Type: Article

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