Neonatal Research Priority Setting Partnership: help wanted
Katie Evans
Neonatal Research Priority Setting Partnership Project Co-ordinator and Clinical Research Fellow in Neonatal Medicine at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
katie.evans7@nhs.net
Chris Gale
Academic Neonatologist and Neonatal Society Meeting Secretary
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Keywords
Nocardia; pneumonia; immune deficiency; thrombocytopenia; chronic granulomatous disease
Key points
- N. farcinicais an infrequent but clinically aggressive infection usually associated with immunocompromised patients.
- Extreme prematurity may be a contributing factor for acquiring nocardial infection.
Also published in Infant:
VOLUME 9/ISSUE 2, MARCH 2013
Severe combined immunodeficiencies (SCIDs) are a group of rare diseases of T-lymphocyte or thymic failure, which comprise the most severe immunodeficiencies. Generally fatal by one year of age without treatment, they constitute a paediatric emergency and early diagnosis facilitates a better prognosis. This article will review the molecular mechanisms of SCID, clinical signs and symptoms, diagnostic investigations and review treatment modalities and outcomes, and discuss future developments.
