Recurrent Infections and Rash in a 6 Year Old Girl: A Case Report of Congenital C3 Defeciency

Authors

  • Zahoor Hussain Daraz Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka
  • Mohammad Imnul Islam Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka
  • Shahana Akhtar Rahman Professor of Department of General Paediatrics and Pro Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jbcps.v38i2.45636

Keywords:

Compliment 3 (C3), Primary Immune deficiency (PID), Membrane Attack Complex (MAC)

Abstract

Primary complement deficiencies are very rare and a case of 6 year old girl with complement 3 deficiency is reported here who presented with recurrent infections and rash since her early childhood. She had several episodes of respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections and various episodes of gastro enteritis and was treated subsequently every time with injectable antibiotics. Later she developed encysted hydropneumothorax with mild pleural thickening with compression collapse of adjacent right lung. On investigation complement 3 level was found below normal both in the patient and in her parents and younger sister. This case is reporting here in order to disseminate the message that underlying cause of recurrent infections could be primary immunodeficiency (C3).

J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2020; 38(2): 101-104

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Published

2020-02-27

How to Cite

Daraz, Z. H., Islam, M. I., & Rahman, S. A. (2020). Recurrent Infections and Rash in a 6 Year Old Girl: A Case Report of Congenital C3 Defeciency. Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, 38(2), 101–104. https://doi.org/10.3329/jbcps.v38i2.45636

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Case Reports

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