Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2009
Abstract
Symptoms of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) include recurrent and prolonged infections including respiratory infections. The presented case documents the female patient with CVID who developed disseminated infection caused by a vaccination strain Bacillus Calmette-Guérin in adulthood.
Many granulomatous pulmonary diseases are considered in a differential diagnosis including hypersensitive pneumonitis, amyloidosis or lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. Substitution of immunoglobulins in CVID patients and their possible complications are discussed.