anchor disease

A rare disorder of neonatal onset, characterised by delayed umbilical cord separation, leukocytosis and poor wound healing, accompanied by defects in neutrophil adherence, chemotaxis, secretion, phagocytosis and particle-stimulated respiratory burst, which results in severe recurring mucocutaneous bacterial infections that may become systemic.

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