Primary immune deficiency in the intensive care unit: It is never too late to diagnose and treat.
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.
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, P D Hinduja National Hospital and MRC, Parel, Mumbai, India.
Rucha S
RS
Dagaonkar
Tiyas
T
Sen
Zarir F
ZF
Udwadia
Mukesh B
MB
Desai