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Specific antibody deficiency to pneumococcal polysaccharide in a young adult with recurrent respiratory infections: a case report
Specific antibody deficiency to pneumococcal polysaccharide in a young adult with recurrent respiratory infections: a case report
- Source :
- Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- PAGEPress Publications, 2022.
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Abstract
- Specific antibody deficiency against pneumococcal serotypes was detected in a patient with recurrent episodes of fever. A 21-year-old man presented with a two-month history of recurrent episodes of fever and shaking chills. He was diagnosed with recurrent episodes of pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A and treated with amoxicillin. Serotype-specific antibodies were not produced against most of the serotypes, which were consistent with moderate specific antibody deficiency. After pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccination and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination, he adequately responded to the infecting serotype with an antibody titer of 1.1 µg/mL. There were eventually no recurrent episodes of fever with pneumonia.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11220643 and 25325264
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.ff1c2ce710ba419c91fabd02f38898b9
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2022.2454