Description

Ettinger et al reviewed skin conditions associated with primary immunodeficiencies.

The authors are from University Medical Center Regensburg and University Hospital of Cologne.


Patient selection: primary immunodeficiency with molluscum contagiosum

 

For these patients the molluscum contagiosum may be severe and persistent.

 

Immunodeficiencies to consider:

(1) autosomal recessive hyper-IgE syndrome = AR-HIES (DOCK8)

(2) Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS)_

(3) CD40-ligand (CD154) deficiency = X-chromosomal recessive hyper-IgM syndrome = HIGM1 (CD40)


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