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Chronic Granulomatous Disease Presenting With Salmonella Brain Abscesses

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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 33, Issue 5, Pages 525-528

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000270

Keywords

chronic granulomatous disease; brain abscess; Salmonella spp; treatment; review of literature

Funding

  1. grant CELL PID [HEALTH-F5-2010-261387]
  2. E-RARE
  3. Fondazione Telethon Funding Source: Custom

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Chronic granulomatous disease is a rare primary immunodeficiency caused by phagocytic cell defect. We describe the case of 43-month-old boy with chronic granulomatous disease presenting with Salmonella spp brain abscesses, together with a review of the 13 cases reported in the literature.

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