Prevalence of Hypogammaglobulinemia in Adult Invasive Pneumococcal Disease | Zendy

Juthaporn Cowan | Zendy; Thuy Linh | Zendy; Sacha Desjardins | Zendy; K. Ramotar | Zendy; Vicente F. Corrales–Medina | Zendy; D. William Cameron | Zendy

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Prevalence of Hypogammaglobulinemia in Adult Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

Author(s) -

Juthaporn Cowan,

Thuy Linh,

Sacha Desjardins,

K. Ramotar,

Vicente F. Corrales–Medina,

D. William Cameron

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix836

Subject(s) - hypogammaglobulinemia , medicine , pneumococcal disease , streptococcus pneumoniae , pneumococcal infections , immunology , disease , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , antibody , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology

Patients with humoral immune deficiency are susceptible to invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). This study estimates the prevalence of underlying hypogammaglobulinemia in admitted IPD cases and examines whether IPD cases had received preventative treatment.

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