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ArticleBMC hematology2015

Severe congenital neutropenia caused by the ELANE gene mutation in a Vietnamese boy with misdiagnosis of tuberculosis and autoimmune neutropenia: a case report.

Quang Van Vu, Taizo Wada, Tham Thi Tran, Duc Ngoc Ngo, Thuc Van Dinh, Cuong Hung Nguyen, Huong Thi Minh Le, Akihiro Yachie, Sang Ngoc Nguyen

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Quang Van VuDepartment of Pediatrics, Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 72 A Nguyen Binh Khiem, Ngo Quyen, Haiphong Vietnam.
Taizo WadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Tham Thi TranDepartment of Pediatrics, Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 72 A Nguyen Binh Khiem, Ngo Quyen, Haiphong Vietnam.
Duc Ngoc NgoHaiphong Children Hospital, Haiphong, Vietnam.
Thuc Van DinhDepartment of Pediatrics, Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 72 A Nguyen Binh Khiem, Ngo Quyen, Haiphong Vietnam.
Cuong Hung NguyenCenter for Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Haiphong, Vietnam.
Huong Thi Minh LeNational Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Akihiro YachieDepartment of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Sang Ngoc NguyenDepartment of Pediatrics, Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 72 A Nguyen Binh Khiem, Ngo Quyen, Haiphong Vietnam.
Hai phong University Of Medicine and Pharmacy · VNHai Phong University of Management and Technology · VNKanazawa University · JPNational Hospital of Pediatrics · VN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSevere congenital neutropenia (SCN) is an immunodeficiency disease characterized low blood neutrophil counts, early bacterial infections, and risk of leukaemia development. Heterozygous mutations in the ELANE gene coding neutrophil elastase are associated with SCN. Patients with SCN suffer from recurrent bacterial infections and often succumb them. To our knowledge, this is the first report of SCN from Vietnam. CASE PRESENTATION: A 6-year-old boy was admitted due to severe bacterial infection and severe neutropenia. He had recurrent infections from 8 months of age, and was misdiagnosed with tuberculosis and and autoimmune neutropenia in infancy at 21 and 41 months of age, respectively. His medical report has showed severe neutropenia for many times. In direct DNA sequencing analysis, we found an ELANE gene mutation (R81P), which had been confirmed to cause SCN.

conclusionThe missed and delayed diagnosis may be attributable to insufficient awareness of this rare disease on the background of frequent infections even in the immunocompetent pediatric population in Vietnam. Our results indicate further evidence for the role of ELANE in SCN.

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Autoimmune neutropeniaCongenital severe neutropeniaELANESevere bacterial infection

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