Chronic Granulomatous Disease: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Genetic Basis of Disease
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2018 Chronic Granulomatous Disease is one of the classic primary immunodeficiencies of childhood. While the incidence and severity of bacterial and fungal infections have been greatly reduced in this patient population, much remains to be learned about the ...
N L Rider, M B Jameson, C. B. Creech
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Noninfectious Manifestations and Complications of Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2018 Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), a primary immunodeficiency characterized by a deficient neutrophil oxidative burst and the inadequate killing of microbes, is well known to cause a significantly increased risk of invasive infection.
S. Henrickson +4 more
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Chronic Granulomatous Disease: the Experience of Diagnosis and Treatment in Children
Zdorovʹe Rebenka, 2013 Chronic granulomatous disease — primary immunodeficiency with X-linked and autosomal recessive inheritance, characterized by impaired bactericidal function of phagocytic immune system.
L.I. Chernyshova +4 more
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A curious case of hypervitaminosis D-related hypercalcemia
Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics, 2023 Hypercalcemia can manifest with various symptoms and poses diagnostic challenges due to its multifactorial etiology. This case highlights a 74-year-old patient with hypercalcemia of complex origin.
Rose Tom, Jyothi Mariam Idiculla
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Experimental Pulmonary Granuloma Mimicking Sarcoidosis Induced by Propionibacterium acnes in Mice [PDF]
, 2010 Propionibacterium acnes has been implicated as an etiologic agent of sarcoidosis since the isolation of this bacterium from sarcoid lesions. We experimentally produced a murine pulmonary granuloma model using P.
Ichikawa, Hirohisa +9 more
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Topical tacrolimus 0.1% ointment for treatment of cutaneous Crohn's Disease [PDF]
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El-Omar, Emad +4 more
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Treatment of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis and factors related with disease recurrence
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 Background/aim Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is a rare, benign inflammatory disease of breast. There is no general agreement on the appropriate treatment choice.
Emre Tekgöz +3 more
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Sarcoidosis Presenting as Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. [PDF]
, 2018 Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown origin. It typically involves the lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes in a chronic fashion. However, acute syndrome has been reported possibly in response to systemic release of proinflammatory ...
Chan, Vincent +3 more
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Hydrocephalus as the presenting symptom of sarcoidosis: A case report and review of literature
Clinical Case Reports, 2020 Hydrocephalus is rare in sarcoidosis, especially as the presenting symptom. Neurosarcoidosis as a cause of unexplained communicating hydrocephalus should be considered in cases of abnormal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and negative infectious and tumoral ...
Rachel J. Saban +3 more
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Considerations in the Diagnosis of Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2018 Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare primary immunodeficiency that is caused by defects in the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase complex. The disease presents in most patients initially with infection, especially of the
Joyce E. Yu +4 more
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