Carolyn C. Huntley

Characterization of Precipitating Antibodies to Ruminant Serum and Milk Proteins in Humans with Selective IgA Deficiency

Abstract Serums from 23 patients with isolated IgA deficiency contained precipitating antibodies to ruminant IgM proteins. Purified IgM proteins from bovine serum as well as similar proteins in oth...

Mixed connective tissue disease in a child

T h e episode of D I C could have resolved spontaneously; however, the rap id clearance of soluble circulat ing fibrin coincident with the inst i tut ion of hepar in therapy suggests that hepar in may have been ins t rumenta l in l imit ing the process. Fur thermore , all previously repor ted newborn infants with Listeria sepsis and petechiae not t reated with hepar in have died. T h e findings, therefore, suggest that a short course of hepar in should be given to infants with Lister ia sepsis in whom int ravascular coagulat ion is documented. R E F E R E N C E S

Immunoglobulins in infants of rubella-exposed mothers

Noninfected infants of women who received large doses of gamma globulin early in pregnancy for the prevention of rubella were found to have lower serum IgG levels than normal controls up until 1 year of age. This effect, however, did not create clinical problems. Infected babies, as defined by the presence of rubella antibody persisting beyond 5 months of age, had higher serum IgM and IgG concentrations than noninfected babies until age 2 years.