[HTML][HTML] Case Report: Ocular toxoplasmosis in a WHIM syndrome immunodeficiency patient

DH McDermott, LE Heusinkveld, WM Zein… - …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DH McDermott, LE Heusinkveld, WM Zein, HN Sen, MM Marquesen, M Parta…
F1000Research, 2019ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A patient with WHIM syndrome immunodeficiency presented with sudden painless right eye
blindness associated with advanced retinal and optic nerve damage. Toxoplasma gondii
was detected by PCR in vitreous fluid but not serum. The patient was treated with
pyrimethamine/sulfadiazine for 6 weeks due to evidence of active ocular inflammation and
then received prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole due to his
immunosuppression. Vision did not return; however, the infection did not spread to involve …
Abstract
A patient with WHIM syndrome immunodeficiency presented with sudden painless right eye blindness associated with advanced retinal and optic nerve damage. Toxoplasma gondii was detected by PCR in vitreous fluid but not serum. The patient was treated with pyrimethamine/sulfadiazine for 6 weeks due to evidence of active ocular inflammation and then received prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole due to his immunosuppression. Vision did not return; however, the infection did not spread to involve other sites. Toxoplasmosis is rare in primary immunodeficiency disorders and is the first protozoan infection reported in WHIM syndrome.
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