IgG2 immunodeficiency: association to pediatric patients with bacterial meningoencephalitis

An IgG subclass deficiency is often associated with bacterial infections. We studied four pediatric patients suffering from meningoencephalitis, two of them due to Streptococcus pneumoniae and two due to Haemophilus influenzae type b. Simultaneous diagnostic serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples wer...

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Main Authors: XIOMARA ESCOBAR-PÉREZ, ALBERTO J. DORTA-CONTRERAS, MARIA TERESA INTERIÁN-MORALES, ELENA NORIS-GARCÍA, MARITZA FERRÁ-VALDÉS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2000-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2000000100021&tlng=en