Recurrent purulent meningitis in a patient with Bruton's disease

Güler Kanra; Şükrü Arslan; Murat Ergin; Ömer Tarım; Murat Yurdakök; Gülten Seçmeer; Özden Sanal; Fügen Ersoy; Olcay Oran

doi:10.24953/turkjpediatr.1987.3907

Case Report

Turk J Pediatr 1987; 29(2): 107-110.

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Recurrent purulent meningitis in a patient with Bruton's disease

Authors

Güler Kanra

Şükrü Arslan

Murat Ergin

Ömer Tarım

Murat Yurdakök

Gülten Seçmeer

Özden Sanal

Fügen Ersoy

Olcay Oran

Affiliations

Turk J Pediatr 1987; 29(2): 107-110. DOI: 10.24953/turkjpediatr.1987.3907

Published: April 25, 1987

Abstract

A five-year-old boy with Bruton's disease and recurrent pyogenic meningitis is presented, and the importance of the evaluation of patients with recurrent meningitis for immunodeficiency diseases is emphasized.

Keywords: Bruton's disease, hypogammaglobulinemia, recurrent purulent meningitis

Copyright and license

Copyright © 1987 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to cite

Kanra G, Arslan Ş, Ergin M, et al. Recurrent purulent meningitis in a patient with Bruton’s disease. Turk J Pediatr 1987; 29: 107-110. https://doi.org/10.24953/turkjpediatr.1987.3907