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Microflora analysis of a child with severe combined immune deficiencyThe paper presents a microflora analysis of a 5-year-old male child with severe combined immune deficiency who was delivered by Caesarean section and continuously maintained in an isolator. Despite precautions, it was found that the child had come in contact with at least 54 different microbial contaminants. While his skin autoflora was similar to that of a reference group of healthy male adults in numbers of different species and the number of viable cells present per square centimeter of surface area, the subject's autoflora differed from the reference group in that significantly fewer anaerobic species were recovered from the patient's mouth and feces. It is suggested that the child's remaining disease free shows that the reported bacteria are noninvasive or that the unaffected components of the child's immune defense mechanisms are important.
Document ID
19790027887
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Taylor, G. R.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Kropp, K. D.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Molina, T. C.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Space and Life Sciences Directorate, Houston, Tex., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1978
Publication Information
Publication: Infection and Immunity
Volume: 19
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Accession Number
79A11900
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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