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Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol
; 103(3): 267-8, 2009 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19788026
Subject(s)
Common Variable Immunodeficiency/immunology , Immunotherapy , Jacobsen Distal 11q Deletion Syndrome/immunology , Postoperative Complications , Respiratory Distress Syndrome/immunology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage , Child, Preschool , Common Variable Immunodeficiency/congenital , Common Variable Immunodeficiency/diagnosis , Common Variable Immunodeficiency/physiopathology , Common Variable Immunodeficiency/therapy , Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/surgery , Humans , Immunoglobulins/deficiency , Immunoglobulins, Intravenous/administration & dosage , Jacobsen Distal 11q Deletion Syndrome/diagnosis , Jacobsen Distal 11q Deletion Syndrome/genetics , Jacobsen Distal 11q Deletion Syndrome/physiopathology , Jacobsen Distal 11q Deletion Syndrome/therapy , Lymphopenia , Male , Mediastinitis/etiology , Mediastinitis/therapy , Postoperative Complications/immunology , Respiration, Artificial , Respiratory Distress Syndrome/congenital , Respiratory Distress Syndrome/diagnosis , Respiratory Distress Syndrome/physiopathology , Respiratory Distress Syndrome/therapy
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Relationship of pneumocystis antibody response to severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Clin Infect Dis
; 47(7): e64-8, 2008 Oct 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18724825
ABSTRACT
Pneumocystis colonization has been associated with severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The relationship of Pneumocystis antibody status to COPD severity has not been investigated, but antibody levels might relate to both colonization susceptibility and COPD progression. We investigated anti-Pneumocystis antibody titers and airway obstruction in a cohort of patients with COPD. Undetectable anti-Pneumocystis antibody titer was an independent predictor of more-severe airway obstruction, although use of inhaled corticosteroids is a possible confounder of this effect.
