Table 2.
Infectious manifestation and immunological characteristics (n = 2)
Patient | Recurrent infections | Treatment with IVIG | Serum Ig levels (g/L) | Antibody titers against S pneumoniae | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skin | Resp tract | ENT | Gastrointestinal | Severe invasive | IgM (0.45‐2.3)a | IgG (7.0‐16.0)a | IgA (0.76‐3.91)a | ||||||||
≤6 y | >6 y | ≤6 y | >6 y | ≤6 y | >6 y | ≤6 y | >6 y | ≤6 y | >6 y | ||||||
1 | Yes | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.52 | 22.0 | 5.70 | Low |
2 | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | ‐ | — | — | 1.98 | 11.0 | 2.82 | Low | |
3 | Yes | Yes | — | — | Yes | ‐ | — | — | ‐ | — | — | 1.19 | 7.0 | 2.54 | n.d. |
4 | Yes | Yes | — | — | Yes | ‐ | Yes | — | ‐ | — | — | 0.97 | 12.2 | 1.80 | Normal |
5 | Yes | ‐ | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | — | — | Yes | — | — | 0.97 | 13.9 b | 1.84 | n.d. |
6 | Yes | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | — | ‐ | — | — | 0.92 | 9.6 | 1.24 | Low |
7 | Yes | Yes | — | — | Yes | — | — | — | ‐ | — | Yes | 1.36 | 16.8 | 2.11 | Low |
8 | — | — | — | — | ‐ | — | — | — | ‐ | — | — | 0.34 | 12.4 | 2.35 | Low |
9 | Yes | Yes | — | — | ‐ | — | — | — | ‐ | — | — | 0.47 | 13.7 | 3.87 | Low |
10 | Yes | Yes | — | — | ‐ | — | — | — | ‐ | — | Yes | 0.67 | 10.7 | 1.81 | Low |
11 | Yes | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | — | ‐ | — | — | 1.13 | 12.2 | 1.53 | Low |
12 | Yes | — | — | — | Yes | ‐ | — | — | ‐ | — | — | 0.26 | 14.2 | 1.71 | Low |
13 | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ‐ | — | — | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
14 | — | Yes | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | ‐ | — | — | 0.51 | 9.0 | 1.89 | Low |
Values below the normal range are depicted in bold font; above normal range in italics.
Abbreviation: n.d., not determined.
Normal values for adults.
Normal values children aged 5‐10 y are IgM 0.3‐1.8 g/L, IgG 5.0‐13.0 g/L, and IgA 0.5‐2.3 g/L.