| Literature DB >> 2612506 |
T Inaba1, R Hanada, A Yaginuma, Y Hayashi, K Yamamoto, H Hukada.
Abstract
We describe a 14-year-old girl with fatal infectious mononucleosis with high fever, pancytopenia, and multiple skin ulcers due to Staphylococcus aureus. Immunological studies revealed low serum IgM, low natural killer (NK) activity, and high CD4/CD8 ratio. Her father had also low NK activity and high CD4/CD8 ratio. It is suggested that she had a dominantly inherited immunodeficiency predisposing to severe Epstein-Barr virus infection.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2612506 DOI: 10.1007/bf01958275
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Pediatr ISSN: 0340-6199 Impact factor: 3.183