Agammaglobulinemia

Studies from University of Minnesota in the area of agammaglobulinemia published

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 5th, 2008

According to recent research from the United States, "Immune defects prolonged by treatment regimens for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) include cell-mediated immunity and hypogammaglobulinemia. Infections have become increasingly important during GVHD therapy, paradoxically because the success of immunosuppressive practice has led to improved survival."

"Infections originate from both endogenous and exogenous sources. Regimens for prevention of infection include: (a) continued surveillance monitoring for infections with reliable diagnostic testing, and (b) antimicrobial prophylaxis for those pathogens without markers that could be followed for surveillance. Repeated...

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