lazy leukocyte syndrome

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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An idiopathic condition due to defective neutrophil chemotaxis after appropriate stimuli—e.g., endotoxin or epinephrine—and inefficient egress of neutrophils from the BM
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 Uncertain

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