Open AccessTuberculosis in a case of hyper immunoglobulin E syndrome
Author(s) -
Renuka Ashtekar,
Ira Shah
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.201167
Subject(s) - medicine , primary immunodeficiency , tuberculosis , immunology , immunoglobulin e , staphylococcus aureus , antibody , dermatology , pathology , immune system , bacteria , biology , genetics
Hyper immunoglobulin E syndrome (HIES) is a rare primary immunodeficiency disorder characterized by elevated serum IgE, dermatitis, and immunodeficiency that predisposes to multiple skin and lung infections. The most frequent pathogen responsible for infections in these patients is Staphylococcus aureus . Tuberculosis (TB) in patients with HIES is an uncommon finding, and there are only a few reports of mycobacterial infections in known cases of HIES. We present a case of abdominal TB that developed in a 15-year-old boy who also had HIES.