Article
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
Abstract excerpt
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...
Topics
- Adult
- Antitubercular Agents
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- CD4 Lymphocyte Count
- Cytokines
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- HIV Seronegativity
- Humans
- Interferon-gamma
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
- Mycobacterium avium
- Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection
- Mycobacterium chelonae
- Phenotype
- Recurrence
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary