[Common variable immunodeficiency in a patient with suspected sarcoidosis].
Journal Title: Advances in Respiratory Medicine - Year 2009, Vol 77, Issue 1
Abstract
Common variable immunodeficiency is a primary immunodeficiency disease, characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia, low serum immunoglobulin concentrations, and recurrent bacterial infections of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. We report on a 33-year-old patient with suspected sarcoidosis, diagnosed on the basis of an open lung biopsy, who was admitted to the National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute because of severe pneumonia and streptococcal sepsis. During diagnostics based on typical, clinical and laboratory features, CVID was diagnosed. The antibiotic treatment was successfully administered and the patient was directed to supplementary treatment.
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Katarzyna Modrzewska, Elzbieta Wiatr, Renata Langfort, Karina Oniszh, Kazimierz Roszkowski-Sliz
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