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Unexplained recurrent pneumonia: a post-childhood case of chronic granulomatous disease
A Dees1, R S Weening, M de Boer
1Department of Internal Medicine, Ikazia Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 31-year-old patient was recurrently admitted because of pneumonia. Specialised leukocyte function tests revealed the diagnosis of an X-linked type of chronic granulomatous disease. Treatment with interferon-gamma successfully prevented new infections.