Pseudomonas aeruginosa severe skin infection in a toddler with X-linked agammaglobulinemia due to a novel BTK mutation. | Read by QxMD (original) (raw)

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Niccoló Riccardi, Gioacchino Andrea Rotulo, Federica Favilli, Anna Loy, Daniele Moratto, Silvia Giliani, Alessio Mesini, Maria Victoria Romanini, Stefano Volpi, Andrea Moscatelli, Elio Castagnola

Agammaglobulinemia is a congenital deficit of humoral immunity characterized by a decreased level or complete absence of immunoglobulins and profound reduction of B-lymphocytes associated with an increased risk of life-threatening bacterial infection. We report a case of invasive Pseudomonas aeruginosa severe skin and soft tissue infection treated with vacuum-assisted closure and antibiotics in a toddler with a previously unreported mutation of the Bruton tyrosin kinase gene.

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