Legionnaires' disease in cardiac transplant patients: a cell-mediated immune response develops despite cyclosporine therapy

J Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;168(2):521-2. doi: 10.1093/infdis/168.2.521.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / immunology
  • Bacterial Proteins*
  • Cyclosporine / therapeutic use*
  • Heart Transplantation / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Cellular*
  • Immunosuppression Therapy
  • Legionnaires' Disease / complications
  • Legionnaires' Disease / immunology*
  • Lymphocytes / drug effects
  • Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Porins*
  • Postoperative Complications / immunology*
  • Postoperative Complications / microbiology

Substances

  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Porins
  • major outer membrane protein, Legionella pneumophila
  • Cyclosporine