Recurrent sepsis and seronegative arthritis in a patient with a selective IgG3 deficiency.
In a sixty-one-year-old patient with chronic polyarthritis, two life-threatening septic events were observed over a period of 6 months. The patient also had a selective IgG3 deficiency. The susceptibility to infection and chronic polyarthritis observed in this patient were very likely a consequence of the selective IgG3 deficiency.
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Centre for Intensive Internal Medicine, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017099:IgG Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012074:Remission Induction; D018805:Sepsis / Q000276:immunology*
D007074:Immunoglobulin G