Pedroza Luis Alberto, Guerrero Nina, Stray-Pedersen Asbjørg, Tafur Cristina, Macias Roque, Muñoz Greta, Akdemir Zeynep Coban, Jhangiani Shalini N, Watkin Levi B, Chinn Ivan K, Lupski James R, Orange Jordan S
Colegio de ciencias de la salud-Hospital de los Valles, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador; Instituto de Microbiología, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
Colegio de ciencias de la salud-Hospital de los Valles, Universidad San Francisco de Quito , Quito , Ecuador.
Front Pediatr. 2017 Feb 10;5:17. doi: 10.3389/fped.2017.00017. eCollection 2017.
Severe infections with are commonly observed in patient with secondary immunodeficiency disorders. We report a two and a half years old boy previously healthy with disseminated cutaneous histoplasmosis. Using whole exome sequencing, we found an mutation at the gene, suggesting a diagnosis of hyper-IgM (HIGM) syndrome, even in the absence of the usual features for the disease. Interestingly, the patient lives in a region endemic for histoplasmosis. The unusual infections in our case suggest that in children with severe histoplasmosis and resident in endemic areas, HIGM syndrome should be considered as a diagnosis.
继发性免疫缺陷疾病患者中常见严重感染。我们报告一名两岁半的先前健康男孩,患有播散性皮肤组织胞浆菌病。通过全外显子组测序,我们在 基因发现了一个 突变,提示诊断为高 IgM(HIGM)综合征,即便该疾病缺乏常见特征。有趣的是,该患者生活在组织胞浆菌病流行地区。我们病例中的不寻常感染提示,对于患有严重组织胞浆菌病且居住在流行地区的儿童,应考虑诊断为 HIGM 综合征。