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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 25.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Opin Orphan Drugs. 2017 Sep 25;5(10):813–825. doi: 10.1080/21678707.2017.1375403

Table 1.

Non-HPV pathogens identified in patients with WHIM syndrome.

Organism Patient Designation Site Reference Evidence
Gram Negative Bacteria *P. mirabilis Patient 1 Respiratory infection 3 Sputum culture
5592 Axillary abscess 7 Wound culture
5446 Pneumonia 7 Culture

*H. influenzae Pneumonia 92 Throat culture
Patient 1 Respiratory infection 3 Sputum culture
Patient 2 Pulmonary infection 3 Sputum culture
J.A. Meningitis 21 CSF culture
Patient 1 Respiratory infection 30 Sputum culture
Patient 2 Respiratory infection 30 Sputum culture
5592 Sepsis 7 Culture
5231 Pneumonia 7 Culture
5446 Pneumonia 7 Culture

*P. aeruginosa P1 Chronic airway colonization 80 Culture
P3 Chronic airway colonization 80 Culture
Septicemia 93 Culture
5231 Pneumonia, sepsis, gastrointestinal infection 7 Culture

E. coli Patient 2 Cystitis 3 Culture
5546 Cystitis 7 Culture
5231 Respiratory infection 7 Culture

ˆM. morganii 5446 Pneumonia 7 Culture

ˆB. cartarrhalis 5446 Pneumonia 7 Culture

S. typhimurium 5780 Gastrointestinal infection 7 Culture

C. jejuni 5231 Gastrointestinal infection 7 Culture

Gram Positive Bacteria *S. aureus Respiratory infection 31 Epiglottic culture
Patient 1 Respiratory infection 3 Sputum culture
Patient 2 Respiratory infection 3 Sputum culture
5231 Pneumonia, gastrointestinal, infection 7 Culture
5446 Pneumonia 7 Culture
5449 Adenophlegmon 7 Wound culture
5780 Osteoarthritis 7 Culture
WHIM-12 Skin lesions 24 Wound culture

*S. pneumoniae Pneumonia 92 Sputum culture
Patient 1 Respiratory infection 30 Sputum culture
Patient 2 Respiratory infection 30 Sputum culture
5592 Sepsis 7 Blood culture
5231 Pneumonia 7 Culture
Pneumonia 11 Culture
5446 Pneumonia, pericarditis 7 Culture
Pneumonia, bacteremia 13 Blood culture

S. pyogenes Streptococcal pharyngitis 92 Throat culture

C. perfringens Septicemia 93 Blood culture

Myco- bacteria Nontypable 5231 Chronic skin granuloma 7 Skin biopsy

M. gordonae 5446 Hepatitis, respiratory infection 7 Sputum culture

Fungi A. glocus 5592 Sinusitis, mastoiditis 7 Culture

C. albicans 5231 Respiratory infection, gastrointestinal infection 7 Cultures
5446 Pneumonia 7 Culture

Viruses Rubella Disseminated 31 Clinical impression
S.S. Disseminated 25 Clinical impression
P3 Disseminated 23 Clinical impression

Rubeola Disseminated 31 Clinical impression

Varicella zoster Skin lesions 92 Clinical impression
Skin lesions 31 Clinical impression
S.S. Skin lesions 25 Clinical impression
J.A. Severe chickenpox 21 Clinical impression
Patient 2 Severe chickenpox 32 Clinical impression
P10 Skin lesions 9 Clinical impression
P3 Dermatomal infection (left calf) 80 Polymerase chain reaction
Unidermatomal thoracic zoster 13 Clinical impression

Herpes simplex Herpes labialis 31 Clinical impression
Herpes labialis 8 Clinical impression
5592 Stomatitis (HSV1) 7 Clinical impression
5446 Stomatitis (HSV1) 7 Clinical impression
Recurrent cutaneous infections 10 Clinical impression
Severe perioral infection 13 Clinical impression
5231 Genital lesions (HSV2) 7 Clinical impression

Epstein-Barr B lymphoma 26 Polymerase chain reaction
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, B lymphoma 8 In situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry

Molluscum contagiosum Skin lesions 8 Clinical impression
5446 Skin lesions 7 Clinical impression

Cytomegalovirus 5231 Sepsis 7 Polymerase chain reaction

Influenza P1 Blood 23 Virologic analysis
P2 Blood 23 Virologic analysis

Selected cases include patients with WHIM syndrome, defined as myelokathexis and/or CXCR4 C-tail mutations.

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Opportunist

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Encapsulated organism