Clinical features, long-term follow-up and outcome of a large cohort of patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease: an Italian multicenter study

Baldassarre Martire, Roberto Rondelli, Annarosa Soresina, Claudio Pignata, Teresa Broccoletti, Andrea Finocchi, Paolo Rossi, Marco Gattorno, Marco Rabusin, Chiara Azzari, Rosa M. Dellepiane, Maria C. Pietrogrande, Antonino Trizzino, Paolo Di Bartolomeo, Silvana Martino, Luigi Carpino, Fausto Cossu, Franco Locatelli, Rita Maccario, Paolo PieraniMaria C. Putti, Achille Stabile, Luigi D. Notarangelo, Alberto G. Ugazio, Alessandro Plebani, Domenico De Mattia

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Abstract

A retrospective clinical and immunological survey was conducted in 60 patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease. A prospective controlled non-randomized study of the efficacy of long-term IFN gamma treatment was carried out.The mean age at the time of diagnosis was 4.4 years; mean duration of follow-up was 10.4 years. Lung and skin infections were the most frequent manifestations both prior to diagnosis and during follow-up. Aspergillus species was the first cause of infection and of death in our cohort. The mortality rate was 13%.Long term prophylaxis with IFN gamma did not significantly change the rate of total infection per patient-year compared to controls (p=0.07). Our data provide clear evidence that protocols of continuing intensive surveillance and monitoring of compliance with anti-infective regimens may significantly improve the quality of life and tong-term survival in patients with CGD. No evidence justifying Long-term prophylaxis with IFN gamma was obtained. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)155-164
Numero di pagine7
RivistaClinical Immunology
Volume126
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2008

Keywords

  • chronic granulomatous disease (CGD)
  • interferon gamma (IFN gamma)
  • follow up
  • itraconazote (ITRA)
  • infections
  • cotrimoxazoLe (CTX)

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