Patients affected by primary immunodeficiency usually undergo a wide range of infections, including reactivation of latent ones. Here we report two cases suffering from late-onset combined immunodeficiency in which ulcerative enteritis due to human Cytomegalovirus caused a life-threatening malabsorption syndrome.

Autologous human cytomegalovirus-specific cytotoxic T cells as rescue therapy for ulcerative enteritis in primary immunodeficiency

Ciccocioppo, Rachele
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2014-01-01

Abstract

Patients affected by primary immunodeficiency usually undergo a wide range of infections, including reactivation of latent ones. Here we report two cases suffering from late-onset combined immunodeficiency in which ulcerative enteritis due to human Cytomegalovirus caused a life-threatening malabsorption syndrome.
2014
Adult; Cell Line; Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy; Cytomegalovirus; Cytomegalovirus Infections; Enteritis; Humans; Immunity, Cellular; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Intestinal Mucosa; Male; Middle Aged; T-Cell Antigen Receptor Specificity; T-Lymphocytes; Transplantation, Autologous; Ulcer; Viral Load; Virus Activation
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