A patient with adult Still's disease with an increased Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody titer
| Autor: | Masaru Ochi, Hiroaki Takeda, Motofumi Ling, Keitarou Watanabe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty T-Lymphocytes Still Disease Disease medicine.disease_cause Rubella Medical microbiology medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) biology Adult Still's disease Interleukin-6 Receptors Antigen T-Cell gamma-delta Mycoplasma Chaperonin 60 Chlamydophila pneumoniae medicine.disease Virology Antibodies Bacterial Titer Infectious Diseases Immunology biology.protein Antibody Still's Disease Adult-Onset |
| Zdroj: | Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy. 8(3) |
| ISSN: | 1341-321X |
| Popis: | Adult Still's disease is an important differential diagnosis of pyretic disease and it does not necessarily appear to be a distinct disease entity. The etiology of adult Still's disease is not yet known. However, it has been considered that adult Still's disease may be triggered by certain infections, such as the Coxsackie, parvo B19, rubella, mumps, Epstein-Barr, and cytomegalo virus, as well as mycoplasma, toxoplasma, and so on. Recently, we experienced a patient with adult Still's disease with an increased Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody titer. The titer decreased slowly after the beginning of steroid therapy, associated with improvement of clinical symptoms. In this report we mention the relationship between the pathogenesis of adult Still's disease and a high titer of Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody. |
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