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ArticleJournal of clinical immunology2021

Humoral Immunodeficiency and Immune Globulin Replacement Therapy (IGRT) Usage in DiGeorge Syndrome.

Sara H Soshnick, Tuhina Joseph, Nicholas J Bennett

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Article in Journal of clinical immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sara H SoshnickDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, 3415 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA. ssoshnic@montefiore.org.ORCID 0000-0002-7389-8240
Tuhina JosephDepartment of Pediatrics, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, 282 Washington Street, Hartford, CT, 06106, USA.
Nicholas J BennettDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, 282 Washington Street, Hartford, CT, 06106, USA. njb35@cantab.net.
Connecticut Children's Medical Center · USAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAn analysis of patients in the United States Immunodeficiency Network (USIDNET) registry previously described a discordance in the reported prevalence of humoral immune deficiency in patients with DiGeorge syndrome (DGS) and its treatment. The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the rates of humoral immunodeficiency and immune globulin replacement therapy (IGRT) use in patients with DiGeorge syndrome in the USIDNET registry as of September 2016, and to correlate IGRT use with prior infections and laboratory evidence of immune deficiency.

methodsCurrent patients in the USIDNET registry with DGS were identified. Patients who were treated with immune globulin replacement therapy (IGRT) were compared with those who were untreated with respect to their laboratory findings and clinical history.

resultsFour hundred seventy-three patients were identified. The use of IGRT in patients with DGS has increased over time from 3 to 6.6%. IGRT was more common in patients with humoral immune deficiency (18.2% of those with hypogammaglobulinemia, 39.1% of those with documented low vaccine titers), but most patients with evidence of humoral immune deficiency remain untreated with IGRT. Patients treated with IGRT were more likely to have experienced episodes of pneumonia, sepsis, and bacterial skin infections (p < 0.01 for all).

conclusionsHumoral immune deficiencies were more common among patients with DGS than previously reported. IGRT was used most commonly in patients with DGS who demonstrated frequent or severe bacterial infections. There is still a significant deficit between those with DGS who have laboratory evidence of a humoral immune deficiency and those being treated for it.

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AdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolDiGeorge SyndromeFemaleHumansImmunity, HumoralImmunoglobulins, IntravenousImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultImmunoglobulins, IntravenousDiGeorge syndromehumoral immunodeficienciesimmune globulin replacement therapiesprimary immunodeficiencies

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