Primary immune deficiency in the intensive care unit: It is never too late to diagnose and treat

Rucha S Dagaonkar; Tiyas Sen; Zarir F Udwadia; Mukesh B Desai

doi:10.4103/0972-5229.84903

Primary immune deficiency in the intensive care unit: It is never too late to diagnose and treat

Indian J Crit Care Med. 2011 Jul;15(3):179-81. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.84903.

Authors

Rucha S Dagaonkar¹, Tiyas Sen, Zarir F Udwadia, Mukesh B Desai

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, P D Hinduja National Hospital and MRC, Parel, Mumbai, India.

Abstract

Common variable immunodeficiency disorders (CVIDs), a heterogeneous group of primary immune deficiencies, can present at all age. Our patient with a hitherto undiagnosed CVID, symptomatic since middle ages, presented with severe pneumonia. Specific management of his CVID in addition to standard therapy was life-saving.

Keywords: Adult primary immune deficiency; common variable immune deficiency; intravenous immunoglobulin; late onset common immunodeficiency; non-resolving pneumonia.

Publication types

Case Reports