Case report

Variable immunodeficiency syndrome and pneumonia: a case report

Maja Sabolić ; OB "Dr. Tomislav Bardek", Odjel za infektologiju, Koprivnica, Hrvatska
Lorna Stemberger ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Andreja Šupe Parun ; Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvo, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Klaudija Višković ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ana Šoštarić-Zadro ; Specijalna bolnica za plućne bolesti, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Dalibor Vukelić ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

Athirty-seven-year-old patient with bilateral pneumonia complicated by pleural effusion was admitted to the University Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Zagreb. He already had pneumonia in 2004 and 2010. Since 2004 he has been treated several times for sinusitis. Despite a significant number of respiratory tract infections, serum protein electrophoresis has not been done until recent episode, when it became a crucial test for confirming the diagnosis of common variable immunodeficiency. Ultrasonography of pleural space, along with chest x-rays, proved a valuable diagnostic method in monitoring the progress and outcome of the disease.

Keywords

Pneumonia; pleural effusion; thoracic ultrasound; common variable immunodeficiency

Hrčak ID:

98599

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/98599

Publication date:

30.9.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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