[The correlation between psittacosis-ornithosis and the immune status in childhood: apropos 5 cases]

Pediatr Med Chir. 1995 May-Jun;17(3):243-4.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The authors studied 5 children affected with a pneumopathy by Chlamydia psittaci. They discuss the effects of a transitory immunodeficiency relative to NK cells in predisposing little patients to the infective disease.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Antibody Formation
  • Child
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / immunology
  • Chlamydophila pneumoniae / immunology
  • Chlamydophila psittaci / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Cellular
  • Killer Cells, Natural / immunology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Psittacosis / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial