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Diagnosis of Hyper IgM syndrome in a Previously Healthy Adolescent Boy Presented with Cutaneous and Cerebral Cryptococcosis.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Jan 2021
Athipongarporn Athipat, Ittiwut Chupong, Manuyakorn Wiparat, Assawawiroonhakarn Surapat, Larbcharoensub Noppadol, Shotelersuk Vorasuk
Abstract excerpt
X-linked hyper IgM (X-HIGM) syndrome is a combined immunodeficiency disease caused by mutations in the CD40LG gene, leading to a defect in immunoglobulin (Ig) class switching recombination and effector T-cell responses. X-HIGM patients usually present in early life with pyogenic bacterial and opportunistic infections. Herein, we report a previously healthy 13-year-old Thai boy who first presented with cutaneous...
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