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Case Report

 

Chronic Granulomatous Disease Presenting With Hypogammaglobulinemia

 

D Hanoglu,1 TT Özgür,2 D Ayvaz,2 MY Köker,3 Ö Sanal2

1Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2Division of Immunology, Hacettepe University Ihsan Doğramacı Childrens Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
3Division of Immunology, Dıskapı Children’s Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2011; Vol. 21(4): 310-312

 

 Abstract


Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immunodefi ciency disorder caused by inherited defects in the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase complex. The neutrophils of patients with CGD can ingest bacteria normally, but the oxidative processes that lead to superoxide anion formation, hydrogen peroxide production, nonoxidative pathway activation, and bacterial killing are impaired.
Serious infections result from microorganisms that produce catalase. Immunoglobulin levels of patients with CGD are usually normal or elevated. We describe a patient with CGD associated with hypogammaglobulinemia, an unusual co-occurrence.

Key words: Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). B-cell subsets. Hypogammaglobulinemia. Memory B cell.