Journal Reviews

Recurrent ENT infections in children – is it a sign of primary immunodeficiency disease?

1 January 2019 | | antibody, immunoglobulin, intravenous administration, polysaccharide, primary immunodeficiency diseases, subcutaneous administration

ENT clinicians often come across children with recurrent ear, sinus and pulmonary infections. These recurrent infections, albeit common in childhood, can represent an early sign of primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDD). PIDD is an underdiagnosed group of genetic disorders involving absent...

Gardasil vaccination as an adjuvant treatment for established recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis in male adults - does it stimulate an immune response?

1 May 2017 | | Gardasil, antibody titers, quadrivalent HPV vaccine, ecurrent laryngeal papilloma, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is well known to be caused by infection with the human papilloma virus (types 6 and 11). Recurrence after surgical removal is common and potentially frequent and severe. Previous research has established that many patients with...