[The correlation between psittacosis-ornithosis and the immune status in childhood: apropos 5 cases].
The authors studied 5 children affected with a pneumopathy by Chlamydia psittaci. They discuss the effects of a transitory immunodeficiency relative to NK cells in predisposing little patients to the infective disease.
De Luca
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L
II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Cattedra di Mibrobiologia Clinica, Università degli Studi Federico II di Napoli.
Del Pezzo
M
M
Vozzella
E
E
Berni Canani
R
R
De Prosperis
A
A
Chiummariello
S
S
Di Meglio
D
D
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000917:Antibody Formation; D002648:Child; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000276:immunology; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D009956:Psittacosis / Q000276:immunology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
Correlazione fra psittacosi-ornitosi ed assetto immunitario in età infantile: a proposito di 5 casi.