Acquired Immunodeficiency from Maternal Chemotherapy and Severe Primary Pneumocystis Infection in an Infant
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Mattke, Adrian Christian
Clark, Julia Elizabeth
Pinzon-Charry, Alberto
Alphonso, Nelson
Kapur, Nitin
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Pneumocystis jirovecii is recognized as an opportunistic pathogen in immunosuppressed patients. We report a case of severe Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in an infant with acquired combined immunodeficiency secondary to maternal chemotherapy exposure during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. The infant required cardiorespiratory support with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) for severe respiratory failure. This case highlights the potential for severe acquired immunodeficiency in this patient cohort and further postnatal surveillance is highly recommended.
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Case Reports in Pediatrics
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2020
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© 2020 Adeline Yi Ling Lim et al. This is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Biomedical and clinical sciences
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Lim, AYL; Mattke, AC; Clark, JE; Pinzon-Charry, A; Alphonso, N; Kapur, N, Acquired Immunodeficiency from Maternal Chemotherapy and Severe Primary Pneumocystis Infection in an Infant, Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2020, 2020, pp. 5740304