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Immunodiagnostic investigations for children with lymphadenopathy at Tanta University hospital

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Human Microbial Interactions
Medical Microbiology
Virology

Abstract

The lymphatic system is composed of lymphatic vessels and lymphoid organs such as the thymus, tonsils, lymph nodes, and spleen. Lymph nodes are small glands that are responsible for filtering fluid from the lymphatic system. Lymphadenopathy refers to the enlargement of lymph nodes that can occur due to autoimmune disease, malignancy or microbial infections. Immunological investigations were done from 2018 to 2023 to children with lymphadenopathy to help in diagnosis the causes of lymphadenopathy. Viruses as Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus were detected in blood samples by immunoassays. The obtained results indicated presence of Epstein-Barr virus and (45.5%), cytomegalovirus (18.2%) in children with lymphadenopathy. The results showed no significant differences in levels of serum Anti-Nuclear Antibody (ANA) for children with lymphadenopathy compared with their levels in healthy control children. Only one case (2.9%) out of 35 children with lymphadenopathy was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease and had positive ANA test. There was no significant difference in immunoglobulin A (IgA) in children with lymphadenopathy compared to their levels in healthy control children.

DOI

10.21608/mb.2024.283371.1096

Keywords

Anti-nuclear antibody, Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, Immunoglobulin A, lymphadenopathy

Authors

First Name

Saida

Last Name

Amer

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Egypt.

Email

saida_amer2014@yahoo.com

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First Name

Nanis

Last Name

Allam

MiddleName

Gamal El-Din

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Egypt.

Email

ngamal1973@yahoo.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

El-Shanshory

MiddleName

Ramadan

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.

Email

mohamedmoustafafdd100@gmail.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Abdel Hamid

Affiliation

Department of Biochemistry, National Research Center, Egypt.

Email

fatmaibrahim2020@gmail.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

El-shafey

MiddleName

Samy

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Egypt.

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ahmedsamymmd@gmail.com

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Volume

9

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

47475

Issue Date

2024-06-01

Receive Date

2024-04-17

Publish Date

2024-06-24

Page Start

33

Page End

37

Print ISSN

2357-0326

Online ISSN

2357-0334

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502

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Publication Title

Microbial Biosystems

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https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/

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Immunodiagnostic investigations for children with lymphadenopathy at Tanta University hospital

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23 Dec 2024