Unusually high incidence of tuberculosis among boys with haemophilia during an outbreak of the disease in hospital
| Autor: | F.G.H. Hill, K Al-Rubei, R H George, M D Williams, A C Beddall |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Disease Hemophilia A Haemophilia Hemophilia B Virus Pathology and Forensic Medicine Leukocyte Count Hypergammaglobulinemia medicine Humans Child Tuberculosis Pulmonary MANTOUX POSITIVE Cross Infection biology Platelet Count business.industry Outbreak General Medicine medicine.disease von Willebrand Diseases Immunology biology.protein Female Disease Susceptibility High incidence Antibody business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Pathology. 38:1163-1165 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9746 |
| Popis: | Of 30 children with bleeding disorders exposed to an index tuberculosis case, six developed primary pulmonary tuberculosis and two others became positive skin reactors. There was a significant correlation between the amount of replacement treatment received and the development of evidence of tuberculous infection. Only two of those who developed evidence of tuberculosis had antibodies to the human T cell lymphotropic virus. These two boys showed much later Mantoux positive conversion than the six others. |
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