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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2018

Deep Sternal Wound Tuberculosis with Hypo-gamma-globulinemia.

Kazuki Hamada, Keiji Oishi, Sho Uehara, Ryo Suetake, Yoshikazu Yamaji, Maki Asami-Noyama, Nobutaka Edakuni, Tsunahiko Hirano, Kenji Sakamoto, Tsuneo Matsumoto and 1 more

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kazuki HamadaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
Keiji OishiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
Sho UeharaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
Ryo SuetakeDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
Yoshikazu YamajiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
Maki Asami-NoyamaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
Nobutaka EdakuniDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
Tsunahiko HiranoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
Kenji SakamotoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
Tsuneo MatsumotoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Yamaguchi-Ube Medical Center, Japan.
Kazuto MatsunagaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan.

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Abstract

A 44-year-old man was referred to our hospital for the treatment of a pulmonary and deep sternal wound tuberculosis infection, which is an extremely rare type of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Laboratory testing revealed a serum immunoglobulin (Ig) G level of 286 mg/dL, IgA of 22 mg/dL and IgM of 13 mg/dL. We therefore diagnosed him with hypo-gamma-globulinemia. He was treated with anti-tuberculosis medications and intravenous immunoglobulin. At present, the tuberculosis has not relapsed in the past six years. It may be useful to assess the humoral immunity status in tuberculosis patients with a normal T cell function, and immunoglobulin therapy may be beneficial for protecting such patients from reactivation of tuberculosis.

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AdultHumansMaleSternumSurgical Wound InfectionTuberculosisdeep sternal wound tuberculosisextrapulmonary tuberculosishumoral immunityhypo-gamma-globulinemiaimmunoglobulin therapy

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PMCPMC6172533

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