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Lack of T-helper lymphocytes in BAL fluid from a HIV-negative patient with recurrent non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung infections.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 1996
Heurlin N, Bratel T, Andersson J, Christensson M, Christensson B
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We describe here a previously healthy, 42 year old, HIV-negative woman. Following a seemingly successful 2-year antimycobacterial regimen for a lung infection caused by Mycobacterium avium/intracellulare she acquired a lung infection caused by M. chelonei. Characterization of alveolar cells from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid using flow cytometry revealed a total lack of T-cell subset CD4+ helper lymphocytes in...
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