Re: Advice on a patient

From: maciej simm (simm@cd4cd8.com)
Date: Thu Jun 27 2002 - 14:50:13 EST


Perhaps you should look for your answers in granulocytes: In cases like that
I usually get orders to perform neutrophil oxidative burst and phagocytosis
testing. What about the proliferative response to anti/mitogens with and
without IL-2.

Maciej


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on 6/27/02 12:48 PM, Jason, Janine at jmj1@CDC.GOV wrote:

>
> What, if anything, would clinical folks make of the following patient?
>
> A 3 w.o. white female in good health, and with a normal exam, except for
> oral candida that does not resolve with oral or p.o. fluconazole.  Born full
> term without complications.  No past history of illness or antibiotic use.
> No family history of immunodeficiency.  Mother and infant are HIV
> seronegative.  Lab results include:
> WBC 11.8 with 92% lymphocytes
> %  #
> CD3+  80.4  8728
> CD4+  66.8  7252
> CD8+  13.0  1411
> CD56+    1.6    174
> CD16+    3.9    423
> CD19+    8.1     879
> CD4/CD8   5.1
>



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