Naturally occurring anti-IFN-γ autoantibody and severe infections with Mycobacterium cheloneae and Burkholderia cocovenenans

Blood

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 673-675

  Höflich, Conny ^a   Sabat, Robert ^a   Rosseau, Simone ^a   Temmesfeld, Bettina ^a   Slevogt, Hortense ^a   Döcke, Wolf Dietrich ^a   Grütz, Gerald ^a   Meisel, Christian ^a   Halle, Elke ^a   Göbel, Ulf B ^a   Volk, Hans Dieter ^a   Suttorp, Norbert ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P40; STAT1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA COCOVENENANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; LYMPHADENITIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 9144235409     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-04-1065     Document Type: Article

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