Necrotizing myositis and septic shock caused by Haemophilus influenzae type f in a previously healthy man diagnosed with an IgG3 and a mannose-binding lectin deficiency

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 972-976

  Resman, Fredrik ^a,b   Svensjö, Tor ^c   Ünal, Can ^a   Cronqvist, Jonas ^b   Brorson, Hakan ^c   Odenholt, Inga ^b   Riesbeck, Kristian ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Infectious Diseases Unit   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; IgG3 deficiency; MBL deficiency; Myositis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MEROPENEM; MYOGLOBIN; OPIATE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE F; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE F INFECTION; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP PAIN; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DEFICIENCY; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYOSITIS; NECROTIZING MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RASH; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHOULDER PAIN; SORE THROAT; TACHYPNEA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TISSUE CULTURE; X RAY;

AGED; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLES; MYOSITIS; NECROSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 80755169704     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.589079     Document Type: Article

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