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Examination of 136 children who were referred to the Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinic at Yale-New Haven Hospital for chronic or severe diarrhea between 1977 and 1981 revealed that 31 patients (22.8%) had serum immunoglobulin levels below the 5th percentile for age. Twenty-four of these 31 patients
BACKGROUND
Information regarding Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) after solid-organ transplantation (SOT) is scarce, particularly after heart transplantation (HT). Although host immune response to C. difficile plays a substantial role in the outcome of this infection, the
Hypogammaglobulinemic sprue (HGS), which may predispose to infection, is uncommon. Twelve patients (all men; median age 29 years, 15-50) with HGS (4%) of 296 with chronic small bowel diarrhea and malabsorption syndrome (MAS) during a 10-year period were analyzed. Treatment of HGS was delayed due to
In order to define the gastrointestinal manifestations and small intestinal structure and function in a group of infants with chronic nonspecific diarrhea and hypogammaglobulinemia, we retrospectively identified 55 such patients from a population of 518 children evaluated for chronic diarrhea over a
We report the case of a patient with severe diarrhea and malabsorption who was subsequently found to have hypogammaglobulinemia and thymoma (Good's syndrome). The mechanism by which hypogammaglobulinemia and/or thymoma causes diarrhea is unclear. It may be related to malabsorption caused by a
Sixty per cent of the patients with immuno-compromise of the humoral compartment may show chronic diarrhoea, specially seen in the common variable hypogammaglobulinemia (CVH). We presented 3 cases of late-onset CVH who referred chronic diarrhoea as the main symptom. The immunodiagnosis revealed