Abstract
A four-year-old-girl with hyper-IgE syndrome is presented. She had a coarse facial appearance, pruritic dermatitis, recurrent skin abscesses, pulmonary infection, spontaneous bone fractures, and an elevated serum IgE concentration. She has been treated with cimetidine, ascorbic acid and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for the last two years and there has been no evidence of a severe infection.
Keywords: hyper-IgE syndrome, bone fractures, cimetidine, vitamin C
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