Shagufta Sohail, Muhammad Afzal, Vaqas Anwar.
Recurrent Chest Infections Leading to Bronchiectasis in a Patient with Common Variable Immune Deficiency.
J Rawal Med Coll Jan ;19(1):107-9.

Common variable immune deficiency (CVID) is late onset humoral immune deficiency with onset after 24 months of age.1 Incidence is reported as 1:50,000 to 1:75,000.2 These patients have increased susceptibility to infections and diminished or poor response to vaccination with protein and polysaccharide vaccines.3 CVID patients experience frequent respiratory tract infections, bronchiectasis, gastrointestinal disorders, autoimmune disorders and malignancies.4 We report a young boy with bronchiectasis secondary to recurrent pulmonary infections with underlying common variable immunodeficiency which remained undiagnosed for quite long time.

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