PAPILLON-LEFE\'VRE SYNDROME: NEUTROPHIL MOTILITY AND KILLING DEFECT IN A CHILD WITH RECURRENT SEVERE INFECTIONS
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A case of palmoplantar hyperkeratosis with periodontosis and a history of recurrent severe pyoderma, pneumonia and multiple liver abscesses is described in a 12 year old girl. The patient demonstrated neutrophil dysfunction characterized by decreased random migration and chemotaxis and defective bactericidal activity. The exact immunopathological mechanism for susceptibility to infections in Papillon-Lefe'vre syndrome patients still remains to be determined. However, the mode of clinical presentation, laboratory findings and response to retinoid treatment, all support the speculation of Papillon-Lefe'vre syndrome as a primary immunologic disease with a variable defect in neutrophil motility and bactericidal activity. The pattern of clinical presentations as skin and periodontal lesions alone or with susceptibility to infection in other sites will change accordingly.
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volume 11 issue 2
pages 149- 152
publication date 1997-08
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