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| Mamishi,Setareh; Eghbali,Aiden Nasiri; Rezaei,Nima; Abolhassani,Hassan; Parvaneh,Nima; Aghamohammadi,Asghar. |
| Primary antibody deficiencies (PADs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders, characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia and increased susceptibility to bacterial infections, leading to hospitalizations. This study was performed to determine the main infectious causes of hospital admissions in selective Iranian patients with PADs. Forty patients with PADs, who were admitted to the Infectious Ward of Children's Medical Center Hospital during a 14-year period, were reviewed in this study. There were 115 documented episodes of hospital admission during a 14-year period. The average length of hospital stay was 33.30 ± 25.72 days. Pneumonia was the most prominent infection leading to hospitalization among these patients (n = 48), followed by gastroenteritis (n =... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Infection; Hospitalization; Primary antibody deficiencies. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000400007 |
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