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THE CHILD WITH RECURRENT INFECTIONS
Author(s) -
Hosking C. S.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb130798.x
Subject(s) - immune system , immune status , intensive care medicine , medicine , immunology , pediatrics
This review of the child with recurrent infections is taken from the point of view of an immunologist who investigates these patients. The interrelations of many of the parts of the immune defences have been described as well as the principles of the likely results of defects in major areas of the immune organization. An attempt has been made to answer the difficult question of who should be investigated so that a large number of normal patients will not be investigated, but on the other hand the diagnosis of treatable conditions is not delayed. The management of the various immune defects has been summarized.