lazy leukocyte syndrome
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lazy leukocyte syndrome
a syndrome occurring in children, marked by recurrent low-grade infections, associated with a defect in neutrophil chemotaxis and deficient random mobility of neutrophils.
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Prognosis Uncertain
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lazy leukocyte syndrome
An idiopathic condition due to defective PMN chemotaxis after appropriate stimuli–eg, endotoxin or epinephrine and inefficient egress of PMNs from the BM Clinical ↑ Pyogenic infections–eg, gingivitis, abscess formation, pneumonia, neutropenia Prognosis UncertainMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.