Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection that occurs in certain immunocompromised patients. We present 2 cases of invasive mucormycosis due to Rhizopus spp. in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) and discuss their clinical presentation, management challenges, and outcomes.

mutations in any of four known nadph-oxidase components lead to cgd. x-linked cgd (x-cgd) is caused by defects in cybb, the gene that encodes gp91-phox. autosomal recessive (ar) cgd is caused by defects in the genes for p47 phox, p22-phox or p67-phox. the aim of this study was to screen the molecular defect in the fetus of an x-cgd carrier mother and postnatal confirmation of the results. in a ...

BACKGROUND Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an inherited phagocytes defect, characterized by defects of NADPH-oxidase and inability of bacterial killing, which leads to recurrent life-threatening infections. Respiratory problems, which are the major cause of morbidity in CGD, usually result from recurrent severe infections; however, vigorous inflammatory response could also cause respirat...

Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) represents recurrent life-threatening bacterial and fungal infections and granuloma formation with a high mortality rate. CGD's sign and symptoms usually appear in infancy and children before the age of five; therefore, its presentation in neonatal period with some uncommon features may be easily overlooked. Here we describe a case of CGD in a 24-day-old boy,...

Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD), a disorder of the NADPH oxidase system, results in phagocyte functional defects and subsequent infections with bacterial and fungal pathogens (such as Aspergillus species and Candida albicans). Deletions and missense, frameshift, or nonsense mutations in the gp91phox gene (also termed CYBB), located in the Xp21.1 region of the X chromosome, are associated wi...

chronic granulomatous disease (cgd) is a rare disorder of phagocytes, predisposes patients to bacterial and fungal infections. the main purpose of this study was to determine the clinical, radiological, pathologicial features, outcome and response to treatment of children with cgd. thirteen patients with cgd, who had been referred to national research institute of tuberculosis and lung disease ...

Failure of a superoxide generating system, the NADPH oxidase, present in neutrophils and other phagocytes gives rise to chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), a group of singlegene inherited disorders all characterized by an extreme susceptibility to pyogenic infection, with potentially fatal consequences. About 30% of CGD cases are caused by an autosomally inherited deficiency of a 47-Kd cytopla...

Natural killer (NK) activity against K 562 target cells was explored in 4 patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). Although the NK activity of these patients was normal, the activity did not change after removal of monocytes from the effector cell population, contrary to normal adult controls. The possibility of a defect in the regulatory function of monocytes on NK activity in CGD pa...

chronic granulomatous disease (cgd) represents a group of inherited disorders of phagocytic system, manifesting recurrent infections at different sites. the present study was accomplished in order to determine the gastrointestinal manifestations of cgd patients. fifty-seven patients (38 males and 19 females) with cgd, who had been referred to three immunodeficiency referral centers in iran, wer...

OBJECTIVE We describe the spectrum of radiologic appearances of hepatic abscesses in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), a hereditary immunodeficiency presenting in childhood that occurs at a rate of 1 in 200,000-250,000 live births and predisposes patients to infection with catalase-positive organisms. CONCLUSION Hepatic abscesses in patients with CGD show an atypical radiolog...