Liver abscess in a boy with hyper IgE syndrome

Hyper immunoglobulin-E syndrome is a rare primary immunodeficiency disease, characterized by the classical triad of recurrent staphylococcal skin abscesses, pneumonia with pneumatocele formation, and elevated levels of serum IgE, usually over 2000 IU/mL. Chronic granulomatous disease, hyper IgE, and...

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Autores principales: Nandy, Sneha, Shah, Ira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5084593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27843873
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.192353
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description Hyper immunoglobulin-E syndrome is a rare primary immunodeficiency disease, characterized by the classical triad of recurrent staphylococcal skin abscesses, pneumonia with pneumatocele formation, and elevated levels of serum IgE, usually over 2000 IU/mL. Chronic granulomatous disease, hyper IgE, and complement deficiencies are immunopathologies known to be associated with liver abscesses. We present a 2 ½-year-old boy with liver abscess and associated hyper IgE.
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spelling pubmed-50845932016-11-14 Liver abscess in a boy with hyper IgE syndrome Nandy, Sneha Shah, Ira J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Hyper immunoglobulin-E syndrome is a rare primary immunodeficiency disease, characterized by the classical triad of recurrent staphylococcal skin abscesses, pneumonia with pneumatocele formation, and elevated levels of serum IgE, usually over 2000 IU/mL. Chronic granulomatous disease, hyper IgE, and complement deficiencies are immunopathologies known to be associated with liver abscesses. We present a 2 ½-year-old boy with liver abscess and associated hyper IgE. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5084593/ /pubmed/27843873 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.192353 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title Liver abscess in a boy with hyper IgE syndrome
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title_short Liver abscess in a boy with hyper IgE syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5084593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27843873
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