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Analysis of immunoglobulin isotype levels in acute pneumococcal bacteremia and in convalescence

Ekdahl, K ; Rollof, J ; Oxelius, Vivi-Anne LU ; Engellau, Jacob LU and Braconier, Jean Henrik LU (1994) In European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 13(5). p.374-378
Abstract
In 48 patients with a history of a pneumococcal bacteremia, serum taken during the acute phase of the infection was analyzed for IgG and IgG subclasses. Once the patients were free of infection, a serum sample was analyzed for IgG, IgG subclasses, IgA and IgM. In an additional 20 patients, it was only possible to analyze serum from the infection-free phase. Seventeen of 48 (35%) patients had reduced levels of total IgG or of one or more of the IgG subclasses during acute disease. Of the 48 patients in whom both acute phase and infection-free phase serum were analyzed, values of IgG (p < 0.001), IgG1 (p < 0.001), IgG2 (p < 0.001), IgG3 (p < 0.01) and IgG4 (p < 0.01) were decreased during the acute infection. During the... (More)
In 48 patients with a history of a pneumococcal bacteremia, serum taken during the acute phase of the infection was analyzed for IgG and IgG subclasses. Once the patients were free of infection, a serum sample was analyzed for IgG, IgG subclasses, IgA and IgM. In an additional 20 patients, it was only possible to analyze serum from the infection-free phase. Seventeen of 48 (35%) patients had reduced levels of total IgG or of one or more of the IgG subclasses during acute disease. Of the 48 patients in whom both acute phase and infection-free phase serum were analyzed, values of IgG (p < 0.001), IgG1 (p < 0.001), IgG2 (p < 0.001), IgG3 (p < 0.01) and IgG4 (p < 0.01) were decreased during the acute infection. During the infection-free phase, 12 of 68 (18%) patients had a recognizable immunodeficiency, including two patients with common variable immunodeficiency. Routine screening for immunoglobulins during the infection-free period could result in the discovery of previously unrecognized immunoglobulin deficiencies in patients with a history of bacteremic pneumococcal infection. (Less)
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  author       = {{Ekdahl, K and Rollof, J and Oxelius, Vivi-Anne and Engellau, Jacob and Braconier, Jean Henrik}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{374--378}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases}},
  title        = {{Analysis of immunoglobulin isotype levels in acute pneumococcal bacteremia and in convalescence}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01971993}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/BF01971993}},
  volume       = {{13}},
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