CHARACTERIZATION OF INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH 22Q11.2 DELETION SYNDROME

Authors

  • Manuel Oliveira Pediatric Infecciology and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Department od Pediatrics of Centro Hospitalar do Porto
  • Carla Teixeira Pediatric Infecciology and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Department od Pediatrics of Centro Hospitalar do Porto
  • Júlia Vasconcelos Department of Immunology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto
  • Esmeralda Neves Department of Immunology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto
  • Sílvia Álvares Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto
  • Margarida Guedes Pediatric Infecciology and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Department od Pediatrics of Centro Hospitalar do Porto
  • Laura Marques Pediatric Infecciology and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Department od Pediatrics of Centro Hospitalar do Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v22.i1.12887

Keywords:

mmunodeficiency, infections, 22q11.2 deletion

Abstract

Background: The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (SD22q11.2) has an incidence of 1/2000 to 1/7000 live births. It is characterized by a variable degree of immunodeficiency that predisposes to infections, especially sino-pulmonary.
Material and Methods: A retrospective study of 12 patients with del22q11.2 de novo was performed, focusing on the immunological characteristics and the type and number of documented infections.
Results: The immunological studies showed one patient had severe T lymphopenia T and B lymphopenia with hypogammaglobulinemia associated with Evans syndrome, two patients had transient mild T lymphopenia, six had mild to moderate persistent T lymphopenia and three presented a normal immunological study. The mean incidence of infections was 0,5/year/patient (1,1/year/patient under age three). The most frequent were acute otitis media, pneumonia and bronchiolitis.
Discussion: There was a low number of infections/year/ patient, and these occurred mostly under the age of three years. The sino-pulmonary infections were the most documented and the evolution was generally benign. The transient and age-dependent nature of the immunological changes and the normal immune cell function, rather than the degree of T lymphopenia appear to contribute to this fact.

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2017-08-22

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Oliveira M, Teixeira C, Vasconcelos J, Neves E, Álvares S, Guedes M, Marques L. CHARACTERIZATION OF INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH 22Q11.2 DELETION SYNDROME. REVNEC [Internet]. 2017Aug.22 [cited 2024Dec.9];22(1):8-11. Available from: https://revistas.rcaap.pt/nascercrescer/article/view/12887

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