title: The hyperimmunoglobulinaemia E and recurrent infections syndrome in an adult.
abstract: A 27 year old white woman with a history of chronic eczema and episodes of serious infection of the chest, skin, and bone presented with acute respiratory failure. She was found to have a spontaneous right pneumothorax and a pneumatocele in the left upper lobe. Despite a left upper lobectomy she was left with chronic respiratory failure, bullous lung disease, and bilateral bronchiectasis. The hyperimmunoglobulinaemia E and recurrent infections syndrome was diagnosed only in adult life.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: L'Huillier
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Thoreux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delaval
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Desrues
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Le Gall
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kernec
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Delambre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006942:Hypergammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D007589:Job Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E