Enders Anselm, Pannicke Ulrich, Berner Reinhard, Henneke Phillip, Radlinger Klaus, Schwarz Klaus, Ehl Stephan
Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.
J Pediatr. 2004 Nov;145(5):698-700. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.06.065.
We describe two siblings with one confirmed and one inferred homozygous base pair deletion in the gene for interleukin-1-related kinase 4 (IRAK-4) who died of pneumococcal meningitis at 2 and 14 months, respectively. Interleukin-1-related kinase 4 deficiency is a potentially lethal immunodeficiency characterized by a poor inflammatory response to pyogenic infections.
我们描述了两名患有白细胞介素-1相关激酶4(IRAK-4)基因纯合碱基对缺失的兄弟姐妹,其中一人的缺失已得到确认,另一人的缺失为推断所得,他们分别在2个月和14个月时死于肺炎球菌性脑膜炎。白细胞介素-1相关激酶4缺乏症是一种潜在的致命性免疫缺陷病,其特征是对化脓性感染的炎症反应较差。