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Summary
We report a previously healthy 16-month-old child who presented to us with membranous pharyngitis and ecthyma gangrenosum. In this patient, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from throat swab, cerebrospinal fluid, skin swab, urine, blood and synovial fluid in a single admission. In further workup, this child was diagnosed as a case of X-linked agammaglobulinaemia. The child was treated successfully with antipseudomonal antibiotics for 6 weeks and intravenous immunoglobulin.
- infectious diseases
- immunology
- paediatrics
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Contributors NKB and DK were involved in the conception and design of the manuscript, drafting the article and revising it critically for important intellectual content and final approval of the version published and agreed to be accountable for the article and to ensure that all questions regarding the accuracy or integrity of the article are investigated and resolved. NG and KS were involved in the conception and design of the manuscript and revising it critically for important intellectual content and final approval of the version published and agreed to be accountable for the article and to ensure that all questions regarding the accuracy or integrity of the article are investigated and resolved.
Competing interests None declared.
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