A Korean familial case of hereditary complement 7 deficiency / 소아과
Korean Journal of Pediatrics
; : 721-724, 2009.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-163686
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WPRO
ABSTRACT
Meningococcal infections can be associated with abnormalities of the complement system, which contains 5 terminal complement proteins. Furthermore, deficiencies in 1 of these 5, complement component 7 (C7), leads to the loss of complement lytic function, and affected patients show increased susceptibility to recurrent meningococcal meningitis and systemic Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection. In September 2003, an 11-year-old female patient presented at our outpatient department with high fever, lower leg pain, headache, and petechiaes. She rapidly progressed to coma but later achieved full recovery due to prompt treatment. Her final diagnosis was meningococcal sepsis and arthritis. Her elder brother also had a similar bacterial meningoencephalitis history, which encouraged us to perform analyses for complement component and gene mutations. Resultantly, both the brother and sister were found to have the same mutation in the C7 gene. Subsequently, vaccinations of the meningococcal vaccine meningococcal vaccine (Menomune(R)) were administered. However, in September 2006, the brother expired due to acute micrococcus meningoencephalitis. At present, the 16-year-old female patient is healthy. Here, we report a Korean family with a hereditary C7 deficiency with susceptibility to meningococcal infections due to C7 gene mutation.
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Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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Doenças Negligenciadas
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ODS3 - Meta 3.3 Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
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Zoonoses
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Meningite
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Sepse
Base de dados:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Pacientes Ambulatoriais
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Artrite
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Proteínas do Sistema Complemento
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Complemento C7
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Vacinação
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Coma
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Sepse
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Vacinas Meningocócicas
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Irmãos
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Febre
Limite:
Adolescente
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Criança
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Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Korean Journal of Pediatrics
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Artigo