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. 1978 Jul;33(1):142–149.

Defective neutrophil motility and recurrent infection. In vitro and in vivo effects of levamisole.

A R Rabson, R Anderson, A Glover
PMCID: PMC1537526  PMID: 709909

Abstract

Eighteen patients with primary abnormalities of neutrophil chemotaxis are described. The most common clinical presentation was one of recurrent upper respiratory tract infection (nine patients) or recurrent pyoderma (seven patients), and two children had a history of oropharyngeal candidiasis and recurrent skin sepsis. Of these eighteen patients, sixteen had intrinsic polymorphonuclear leucocyte (PMN) defects as shown by diminished random migration and movement towards endotoxin-activated serum. PMN chemotaxis towards casein was, however, normal. In nine out of the latter patients, there was an associated inability of the serum to generate chemotactic factors. PMN from two adult patients, both suffering from recurrent boils, moved normally both in random and directed systems, but sera from these patients contained heat-stable inhibitors of neutrophil chemotaxis. In vitro levamisole treatment (10(-3) M) markedly improved the PMN function. When patients were treated with levamisole, however, no clinical response was noted, although PMN movement improved in a number of cases.

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