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Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immunodeficiency associated to multiple life-threatening bacterial and fungal infections, beginning in childhood. There are rare cases of diagnosis in adulthood. We describe here… Click to show full abstract
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immunodeficiency associated to multiple life-threatening bacterial and fungal infections, beginning in childhood. There are rare cases of diagnosis in adulthood. We describe here two cases of late diagnosis in adults: a 45-year-old woman and 59-year-old-man. CGD diagnosis should be considered in adult patients with unexplained infectious diseases with tissue granuloma.
Keywords:
chronic granulomatous;
granulomatous disease;
adult patients;
diagnosis
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Immunology
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Immunology
Year Published: 2017
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