CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE IN A BOY WHO PRESENTED WITH DACTILITIS CAUSED BY SERRATIA MARCESCENS, MIMICKING RHEUMATIC MONOARTHRITIS IN THE NEWBORN PERIOD: A CASE PRESENTATION

MURAT CANSEVER, NİHAN KIRÇIL, MUSTAFA YAVUZ KÖKER, TÜRKAN PATIROĞLU

Journal of Clinical Practice and Research - 2018;40(2):95-98

Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey

 

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a heterogenous genetic primary immune deficiency disorder, characterized by life-threatening infections and granulomas secondary to increased inflammatory responses. Most infections involve the lungs, skin, lymph nodes, and liver. Wedescribe a child diagnosed with CGD and the p67phox mutation presenting with Serratia marcescens arthritis without osteomyelitis in the newborn period.