Blood histamine levels in HIV-1-infected infants and children

C Burtin; S Blanche; L Galoppin; R Merval; C Griscelli; P Scheinmann

doi:10.1159/000235105

Blood histamine levels in HIV-1-infected infants and children

Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol. 1990;91(2):142-4. doi: 10.1159/000235105.

Authors

C Burtin¹, S Blanche, L Galoppin, R Merval, C Griscelli, P Scheinmann

Affiliation

¹ INSERM U200, Laboratoire de Médecine Expérimentale et Immunologie, Faculté Necker-Enfants-Malades, Paris, France.

PMID: 2341193
DOI: 10.1159/000235105

Abstract

Blood histamine levels (BHL; ng histamine base/ml blood, mean +/- SEM) were determined in 118 infants born to HIV-1-infected mothers and in children infected after blood transfusion. In asymptomatic infected infants, BHL were not significantly different from HIV-1-negative infants born to HIV-infected mothers (54.1 +/- 5.6 vs. 56.4 +/- 3.5). BHL progressively decreased in the group with polyadenopathies (40.0 +/- 4.0), in the group with AIDS-related complex (28.8 +/- 2.9), and in patients with AIDS (20.4 +/- 0.9). The decrease in BHL was associated with a decrease in blood basophil number.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Child, Preschool
Female
HIV Infections / blood*
HIV-1*
Histamine / blood*
Humans
Infant
Leukocyte Count
Male

Substances

Histamine