[The correlation between psittacosis-ornithosis and the immune status in childhood: apropos 5 cases].

Authors :: De Luca L
Del Pezzo M
Vozzella E
Berni Canani R
De Prosperis A
Chiummariello S
Di Meglio D
Source :: La Pediatria medica e chirurgica : Medical and surgical pediatrics [Pediatr Med Chir] 1995 May-Jun; Vol. 17 (3), pp. 243-4.
Publication Year :: 1995
Abstract: The authors studied 5 children affected with a pneumopathy by Chlamydia psittaci. They discuss the effects of a transitory immunodeficiency relative to NK cells in predisposing little patients to the infective disease.

Subjects :: Antibodies, Bacterial blood
Antibody Formation
Child
Chlamydia trachomatis immunology
Chlamydophila pneumoniae immunology
Chlamydophila psittaci immunology
Humans
Immunity, Cellular
Killer Cells, Natural immunology
Pneumonia, Bacterial immunology
Psittacosis immunology

Language :: Italian
ISSN :: 0391-5387
Volume :: 17
Issue :: 3
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: La Pediatria medica e chirurgica : Medical and surgical pediatrics
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 7567646

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