Polymerase chain reaction-based diagnosis of infection with Cryptosporidiumin children with primary immunodeficiencies

Autor: MCLAUCHLIN, JAMES, AMAR, CORINNE F. L., PEDRAZA-DÍAZ, SUSANA, MIELI-VERGANI, GIORGINA, HADZIC, NEDIM, DAVIES, E. GRAHAM
Zdroj: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; April 2003, Vol. 22 Issue: 4 p329-334, 6p
Abstrakt: Patients with deficient cell-mediated immunity are prone to chronic biliary tract infection with Cryptosporidium,which can lead to the development of sclerosing cholangitis and acute cryptosporidiosis after bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The organism is very difficult to detect during asymptomatic periods.
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