[Is the immunologic evaluation in endocarditis of value?].
Forty-seven patients were included in a prospective trial to define the interest for searching immunologic abnormalities during endocarditis. No specific abnormalities were found, aside some patients with endocarditis who have a high levels of immune complexes. These results suggest that the interesting immunologic abnormality is the presence of an high level of immune complexes could be of interest in endocarditis.
Roblot
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P
Service de médecine interne-Maladies Infectieuses, hôpital Jean-Bernard, Poitiers.
Barrier
J
J
Roblot
F
F
Muller
A
A
Marechaud
R
R
Becq-Giraudon
B
B
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007159:Immunologic Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies
Le bilan immunologique au cours des endocardites a-t-il un intérêt?