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Chronic meningococcaemia and immunoglobulin A deficiency
- Source :
- Journal of Medical Microbiology, Journal of Medical Microbiology, Society for General Microbiology, 2010, 59 (11), pp.1375-1378. ⟨10.1099/jmm.0.021980-0⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2010.
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Abstract
- Chronic meningococcaemia is an unusual clinical presentation of Neisseria meningitidis infection. We describe the case of a patient, who presented with total IgA deficiency and partial IgM deficiency with a low switched memory B cells count, suggestive of a borderline form of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). The role of IgA in the protection against Neisseria meningitidis, and the link between IgA deficiency and CVID are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Bacteremia
Neisseria meningitidis
Biology
Meningococcal disease
medicine.disease_cause
Microbiology
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
IgA deficiency
030212 general & internal medicine
IgM deficiency
030304 developmental biology
0303 health sciences
Common variable immunodeficiency
CRP - C-reactive protein
Chronic meningococcaemia
General Medicine
Exanthema
medicine.disease
Immunoglobulin A
3. Good health
Immunoglobulin A deficiency
Meningococcal Infections
Common Variable Immunodeficiency
Immunology
Female
[SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00222615 and 14735644
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Medical Microbiology, Journal of Medical Microbiology, Society for General Microbiology, 2010, 59 (11), pp.1375-1378. ⟨10.1099/jmm.0.021980-0⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1e3d1b973ea501c47f2c3b88836a8223