ISSN:
1432-0584
Keywords:
Key words Chronic granulomatous disease
;
p47-phox deficiency
;
G-CSF
;
Superoxide anion (O2
;
)
;
Osteomyelitis
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract A 24-year-old woman with osteomyelitis was diagnosed as having p47-phox-deficient chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). The patient showed a marked deficiency of p47-phox, which is very rare in Japan. As the clinical response to various antibiotics including sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim was not satisfactory, we added recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) to the treatment protocol. We report the beneficial clinical course of the patient, together with the effect of rhG-CSF on the granulocyte function, and the present report indicates that rhG-CSF is useful for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infection in the variant type of p47-phox-defective CGD.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002770050351
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