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Severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome presenting with disseminated BCG infection

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: A 4-month-old boy presented with fever, lethargy and irritability on a background of faltering growth. He was pale, febrile, in respiratory distress. He had red papular skin lesions on torso and a large discharging ulcer at BCG inoculation site (administered shortly after birth) (figure 1). Figure 1 BCG inoculation site on left upper arm. He was anaemic (haemoglobin 4.8 g/dL) and lymphopenic (1.16×109/L) …

Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood

DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308598

Authors: Patrick Fitzpatrick, Jane Leonard, Eilis Twomey, Andrea Malone, Zohreh Nademi, Michael Jackson, Mario Abinun, Timothy Ronan Leahy, Patrick J Gavin

Institutions: Temple Street Children's University Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital, Great North Children's Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders

Subfield: Immunology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2125897577

FWCI: 0.164

Cites: 3

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10