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Patients have susceptibility to recurrent bacterial infections (sinusitis, otitis, bronchitis), hypogammaglobulinemia and a lack of antibody production in response to vaccination.
Diagnosis
Diagnostic recommendations
Additional Information
Diagnostic laboratories
Clinical:
Genetic:
Therapeutic options
- (Intravenous) immunoglobulins and antibiotic therapy together with physiotherapy and postural drainage in case of lung damage. Oral poliovaccine should not be given because there is risk of paralytic disease.
- Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), eMedicine
- Hypogammaglobulinemia, eMedicine