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16.07.2019 | Clinical Quiz
Acute kidney injury in an infant with severe combined immunodeficiency: Questions
verfasst von:
Georgia Malakasioti, Nele Alders, Giovanna Lucchini, Iek L Cheng, Detlef Bockenhauer
Erschienen in:
Pediatric Nephrology
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Ausgabe 12/2019
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Excerpt
A renal consult was requested for a 5-month-old female infant with an acute rise in serum creatinine. She was hospitalized for management of an Interleukin 7 Receptor deficient severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). She had initially presented at the age of 2 months with protracted bronchiolitis, persistent mucocutaneous candidiasis, diarrhea, failure to thrive, lymphocytopenia with absent T cells, and severe neutropenia. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in bronchoalveolar lavage sample was positive for Pneumocystis jirovecii. …