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Abstract

Chronic meningococcaemia is an unusual clinical presentation of infection. We describe the case of a patient, who presented with total IgA deficiency and partial IgM deficiency with a low switched memory B cells count, suggestive of a borderline form of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). The role of IgA in the protection against , and the link between IgA deficiency and CVID are discussed.

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