Effectiveness of omalizumab for treatment of a case with primary immunodeficiency hyper IgE syndrome

  • Hoang Thi Lam E Hospital
  • Luong Hoang Long E Hospital

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Hyper IgE syndrome, Job’s syndrome, IL4R mutation

Abstract

Hyper IgE syndrome (HIES - Job’s syndrome) is a rare immunological disorder characterized by very high serum IgE level, atopic dermatitis, asthma, reccurence dermatitis and lung infection. HIES consists of two subtype, each with different clinical presentation and outcome. Autosomal dominance HIES is more prevalence which often caused by mutation in STAT3; and autosomal reccesive HIES (DOCK8, ZNF34, IL6R, IL6ST, IL4R… and other less common disease causing genetic variants). Recognition and diagnosis of HIES is often difficult due to non-specific clinical symptoms and thus require genetic testing to confirm the diagnosis. This report highlight a case of autosomal reccesive Hyper IgE syndrome with thorough clinical and genetics diagnostic workup, together with efficacy of omalizumab therapy on this patient.

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