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ArticleInternational wound journal2024

Early postoperative infection in patient with IgM deficiency.

Kayen Chan, Charles Yuen Yung Loh

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Article in International wound journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kayen ChanDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Charles Yuen Yung LohDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selective IgM deficiency is a rare immunological disorder, with patients presenting with recurrent infections and allergic manifestations. However, the association with early postoperative infection has not been widely reported in the literature. We describe a rare case of a patient who had an early wound infection 1 day after excision of a Merkel cell carcinoma from his right buttock and was later found to have decreased IgM levels. Selective IgM deficiency should therefore be considered in patients presenting with recurrent infections or in patients who have previously undergone surgery and subsequently developed early infection postoperatively. In this subset of patients, extra precautions may need to be taken pre- and postoperatively to reduce the risk of developing a postoperative infection.

Indexed as

Immunoglobulin MSurgical Wound InfectionAgedButtocksCarcinoma, Merkel CellHumansMaleSkin NeoplasmsTreatment OutcomeImmunoglobulin Mimmunoglobulin M deficiencypostoperative wound infectionrecurrent infectionwound infection

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PMID39016243
PMCPMC11253023

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