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lüll Development of granulomatous common variable immunodeficiency subsequent to infection with Toxoplasma gondii Mrusek S; Marx A; Kummerle-Deschner J; Tzaribachev N; Enders A; Riede UN; Warnatz K; Dannecker GE; Ehl SClin Exp Immunol 2004[Sep]; 137 (3): 578-83Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a heterogeneous immunodeficiency that is accompanied by granulomatous lesions in 5-10% of cases. Why some patients develop granulomatous disease remains unclear. Here we describe a 12-year-old previously healthy girl who presented with pancytopenia and granulomatous lymphoproliferation subsequent to infection with Toxoplasma gondii. Loosely arranged non-fibrosing granulomas were observed in the liver, lymph nodes and lung, but no Toxoplasma tachyzoites could be demonstrated and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and culture were negative for Toxoplasma and a wide range of other pathogens. While the patient had a normal peripheral B cell status at presentation, the development of CVID could be observed during the following months, leading to a loss of memory B cells. This was accompanied by an increasingly activated CD4(+) T cell compartment and high serum levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and sCD25. Steroid therapy reduced pancytopenia, granulomatous lymphoproliferation and cytokine elevations, but did not improve the B cell status. This is the first report of an association of Toxoplasma infection with granulomatous CVID and provides one of the rare examples where the onset of CVID could be documented subsequent to an infectious disease.|Acute Disease[MESH]|B-Lymphocytes/immunology[MESH]|CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology[MESH]|Child[MESH]|Common Variable Immunodeficiency/immunology/*parasitology[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Immunohistochemistry[MESH]|Liver/immunology[MESH]|Lung/immunology[MESH]|Lymph Nodes/immunology[MESH]|Lymphocyte Activation[MESH]|Lymphocyte Count[MESH]|Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis/immunology/*parasitology[MESH]|Toxoplasmosis/*immunology[MESH] |