Immunological Alterations in a Case of Papillon-Lefèvre Syndrome with Recurrent Cutaneous Infections
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Dermatology
- Vol. 170 (1) , 27-30
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000249491
Abstract
An immunological study was performed in a 16-year-old boy affected with Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) and recurrent staphylococcal cutaneous infections. A defect of neutrophil intracellular killing of Staphylococcus aureus and a decreased lymphocyte proliferative response to phytohaemagglutinin were detected. The possible role of these alterations in promoting recurrent infections in PLS is discussed.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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