| Literature DB >> 8770517 |
C Wenisch1, H Wenisch, H C Bankl, M Exner, W Graninger, S Looareesuwan, H Rumpold.
Abstract
Four of 30 patients with Plasmodium falciparum infection in Bangkok, Thailand, were positive for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence 1 month after antimalarial therapy. No myeloperoxidase, proteinase 3, lactoferrin, or elastase reactivity was found. Since no evidence of vasculitis was seen in these patients, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody production in malaria-infected susceptible patients probably represents a secondary response, indicating neutrophil activation.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8770517 PMCID: PMC170260 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.1.132-134.1996
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Diagn Lab Immunol ISSN: 1071-412X