Thrombocytopenia and platelet microvesicle formation caused by Legionella pneumophila infection

Thromb Res. 1999 Dec 1;96(5):391-7. doi: 10.1016/s0049-3848(99)00119-x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies
  • Antibody Specificity
  • Blood Platelets / immunology
  • Blood Platelets / ultrastructure*
  • Complement C3 / analysis
  • Complement C3d / analysis
  • Complement Pathway, Alternative / physiology
  • Complement Pathway, Classical / physiology
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Hemolysis / physiology
  • Humans
  • Legionnaires' Disease / blood
  • Legionnaires' Disease / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Platelet Activation
  • Thrombocytopenia / blood
  • Thrombocytopenia / etiology*
  • Vacuoles / ultrastructure

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Complement C3
  • Complement C3d