Transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy and unclassified syndromic immunodeficiencies are highly common in oesophageal atresia patients

• Published in: Scandinavian journal of immunology Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. e13338 - n/a
• Main Authors: Ulman, Hilmican, Aygün, Ayşe, Çağlar, Deniz, Dökümcü, Zafer, Topyıldız, Ezgi, Erdener, Ata, Aksu, Güzide, Karaca, Neslihan Edeer, Özcan, Coşkun, Kütükçüler, Necil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2024
• Subjects: Agammaglobulinemia - diagnosis; Agammaglobulinemia - immunology; Age; Child, Preschool; Esophageal Atresia - immunology; Esophageal Atresia - surgery; Esophagus; Female; Hepatitis; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis B; Humans; Hypogammaglobulinemia; immune deficiency; Immune system; Immunodeficiency; Immunoglobulin A; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Immunoglobulin M; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes - immunology; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Lymphocytes; Male; oesophageal atresia; Patients; Prospective Studies; Sepsis; Surgery; Varicella; immune deficiency; oesophageal atresia; hypogammaglobulinemia

Due to the high rate of post‐operative sepsis and other infectious complications, a routine immunological screening protocol has been initiated since 2015 in our paediatric surgery clinic for all patients admitted with oesophageal atresia (EA) and warrant a delayed definitive treatment. In our study...