| Literature DB >> 15879034 |
Raymond C S Seet1, Lee Gong Lau, Paul Ananth Tambyah.
Abstract
We report strongyloides hyperinfection in two patients with generalized hypogammaglobulinemia from multiple myeloma and nephrotic syndrome, despite a significant strongyloides-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) response. In contrast to reports on animals, where human IgG was shown to be a protective antibody, our observation suggests that in humans, immunity to the infective-stage larvae is not protective against the autoinfective larvae, which are the causative agents of strongyloides hyperinfection.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15879034 PMCID: PMC1112072 DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.5.680-682.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Diagn Lab Immunol ISSN: 1071-412X