A severely undernourished 4-year-old girl is referred to the paediatric outpatient clinic for recurrent anaemia, an erythematous rash on her face and trunk and accompanying hepatosplenomegally. The child was born term, normal vaginal delivery.
Primary Immunodeficiencies
Young girl with recurrent history of mycobacterial disease
A 9 year old girl of mixed racial ethnicity with a recurrent history of mycobacterial disease presents to a tertiary hospital with a persistently painful, swollen left ankle responding slowly to indicated treatment. She has no other pain...
An 8 year old boy with recurrent respiratory infections
An 8 year old boy is referred to a regional hospital for a surgical consultation for a lobectomy following a diagnosis of bronchiectasis due to a chronic history...
4 year old boy with recurrent bacterial infections
A four and a half year old boy presents with pyrexia, neck stiffness and a purpuric rash. History: At age three years he had his first episode of meningococcal meningitis, from which he made a full recovery. At the time of contracting ...
Immunodeficiency and failure to thrive
A 5 and half year old female, having recently moved provinces, is seen by a new paediatrician and diagnosed with pneumonia. It is also noted that she is failing to grow consistently and has experienced frequent arrests in weight gain.
Case of recurrent infections
A four year old boy presents with fever, abdominal pain with abdominal guarding and difficulty breathing. He also complains of headaches and frequent skin abscesses which take a long time to heal. History: His perinatal course was uneventful he was breastfed for 6 months and tolerated...