Congenital immunodeficiency disorder

J Assoc Physicians India. 2007 Nov:55:808-9.

Abstract

A 17 year old girl, a 9th standard student with history of recurrent pneumonia and soft tissue "cold abscesses" since neonatal period, presented with fever and cough with yellowish expectoration of 2 months duration. Her clinical and radiological finding along with elevated serum IgE level were consistent with the diagnosis of hyper immunoglobulin E syndrome or Job's syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin E / blood*
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / diagnosis
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / diagnostic imaging
  • Job Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Job Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin E