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Bhattad S, Mohite RS, Singh N, Kotecha U, Jhawar P, Ramprakash S, Commondoor R, Jayaram A, Rayabarapu P, Kumar H, Unni J, Cyril G, Kumar S, Pachat D, Jakka S, Makam A, Porta F, Ginigeri C. Profile of 208 patients with inborn errors of immunity at a tertiary care center in South India. Clin Exp Med 2023; 23:5399-5412. [PMID: 37898571 DOI: 10.1007/s10238-023-01225-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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Primary immune deficiencies or inborn errors of immunity (IEI) are a heterogeneous group of disorders that predispose affected individuals to infections, allergy, autoimmunity, autoinflammation and malignancies. IEIs are increasingly being recognized in the Indian subcontinent. Two hundred and eight patients diagnosed with an IEI during February 2017 to November 2021 at a tertiary care center in South India were included in the study. The clinical features, laboratory findings including microbiologic and genetic data, and treatment and outcome details were analyzed. The diagnosis of IEI was confirmed in a total of 208 patients (198 kindreds) based on relevant immunological tests and/or genetic tests. The male-to-female ratio was 1.8:1. Of the 208 patients, 72 (34.6%) were < 1 yr, 112 (53.8%) were 1-18 years, and 24 (11.5%) were above 18 years. The most common IEI in our cohort was SCID (17.7%) followed by CGD (12.9%) and CVID (9.1%). We also had a significant proportion of patients with DOCK8 deficiency (7.2%), LAD (6.2%) and six patients (2.8%) with autoinflammatory diseases. Autoimmunity was noted in forty-six (22%) patients. Molecular testing was performed in 152 patients by exome sequencing on the NGS platform, and a genetic variant was reported in 132 cases. Twenty-nine children underwent 34 HSCT, and 135 patients remain on supportive therapy such as immunoglobulin replacement and/or antimicrobial prophylaxis. Fifty-nine (28.3%) patients died during the study period, and infections were the predominant cause of mortality. Seven families underwent prenatal testing in the subsequent pregnancy. We describe the profile of 208 patients with IEI, and to the best of our knowledge, this represents the largest data on IEI from the Indian subcontinent reported so far.
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- Sagar Bhattad
- Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru, India.
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- Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru, India
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- Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, Rainbow Hospital, Bengaluru, India
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- Pediatric Hemato-Oncology and BMT Unit, Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru, India
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- Pediatric Hemato-Oncology and BMT Unit, Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru, India
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru, India
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- Onco-Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) Unit, Ospedale Dei Bambini, Brescia, Italy
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Aster CMI Hospital, Bengaluru, India
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Mukherjee SB, Agrawal D, Mishra D, Shastri D, Dalwai SH, Chattopadhyay N, Unni J, Bharadva K, Thadhani A, Lewin M, Nagaraj A, Ramji S, Mehta R, Singh VV, Wagt AD, Aquino LD, Pejaver RK, Gandhi A, Tank J, Thangavelu S, Basavaraja GV, Kumar RR, Gupta P. Indian Academy of Pediatrics Position Paper on Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development. Indian Pediatr 2021; 58:962-969. [PMID: 34183468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Early childhood development (ECD) refers to the physical, motor, socio-emotional, cognitive, and linguistic development of a young child. The 'Countdown to 2030' global distribution of 'children at risk of poor development' indicates the need for urgent action and investment in ECD. Nurturing care enhances ECD, even in the presence of adversities. Strategic actions should exist at multiple levels: the family, community, health care providers and government. Previously, child health related policies and programs of the Government of India functioned in isolation, but have recently started demonstrating multi-sectoral collaboration. Nonetheless, the status of ECD in India is far from optimal. There is strong evidence that parenting programs improve outcomes related to ECD. This is dependent on key programmatic areas (timing, duration, frequency, intensity, modality, content, etc.), in addition to political will, funding, partnership, and plans for scaling up. Each country must implement its unique ECD program that is need-based and customized to their stakeholder community. Barriers like inadequate sensitization of the community and low competency of health care providers need to be overcome. IAP firmly believes that responsive parenting interventions revolving around nurturing care should be incorporated in office practice. This paper outlines IAP's position on ECD, and its recommendations for pediatricians and policy makers. It also presents the roadmap in partnership with other stakeholders in maternal, neonatal, and child health; Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI), National Neonatology Forum (NNF), World Health Organization (WHO), and United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF).
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- National Professional Officer (Newborn and Child Health), India Country Office, World Health Organization, New Delhi
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- Department of Pediatris, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
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- Chairperson, Steering Committee, IAP NC-ECD, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Mumbai, Maharashtra
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- Infant and Young Child Feeding Chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), Surat, Gujarat
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- National Chairperson, Growth Development Behavioral Chapter of IAP, Mumbai, Maharashtra
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- Deprtment of Pediatrics, St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka
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- Department of Pediatris, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
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- Division of Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization - South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi
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- President, Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI), Ahmedabad, Gujarat
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- Mehta Multispeciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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- President, IAP, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Correspondence to: Dr Piyush Gupta, Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi 110 095.
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Taur PD, Gowri V, Pandrowala AA, Iyengar VV, Chougule A, Golwala Z, Chandak S, Agarwal R, Keni P, Dighe N, Bodhanwala M, Prabhu S, George B, Fouzia NA, Edison ES, Arunachalam AK, Madkaikar MR, Dalvi AD, Yadav RM, Bargir UA, Kambli PM, Rawat A, Das J, Joshi V, Pilania RK, Jindal AK, Bhat S, Bhattad S, Unni J, Radhakrishnan N, Raj R, Uppuluri R, Patel S, Lashkari HP, Aggarwal A, Kalra M, Udwadia Z, Bafna VS, Kanade T, Puel A, Bustamante J, Casanova JL, Desai MM. Clinical and Molecular Findings in Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Diseases: Experience From India. Front Immunol 2021; 12:631298. [PMID: 33732252 PMCID: PMC7959731 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.631298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial diseases (MSMD) are a group of innate immune defects with more than 17 genes and 32 clinical phenotypes identified. Defects in the IFN-γ mediated immunity lead to an increased susceptibility to intracellular pathogens like mycobacteria including attenuated Mycobacterium bovis-Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine strains and non-tuberculous environmental mycobacteria (NTM), Salmonella, fungi, parasites like Leishmania and some viruses, in otherwise healthy individuals. Mutations in the IL12RB1 gene are the commonest genetic defects identified. This retrospective study reports the clinical, immunological, and molecular characteristics of a cohort of 55 MSMD patients from 10 centers across India. Mycobacterial infection was confirmed by GeneXpert, Histopathology, and acid fast bacilli staining. Immunological workup included lymphocyte subset analysis, Nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT) test, immunoglobulin levels, and flow-cytometric evaluation of the IFN-γ mediated immunity. Genetic analysis was done by next generation sequencing (NGS). Disseminated BCG-osis was the commonest presenting manifestation (82%) with a median age of presentation of 6 months due to the practice of BCG vaccination at birth. This was followed by infection with Salmonella and non-typhi Salmonella (13%), Cytomegalovirus (CMV) (11%), Candida (7%), NTM (4%), and Histoplasma (2%). Thirty-six percent of patients in cohort were infected by more than one organism. This study is the largest cohort of MSMD patients reported from India to the best of our knowledge and we highlight the importance of work up for IL-12/IL-23/ISG15/IFN-γ circuit in all patients with BCG-osis and suspected MSMD irrespective of age.
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- Prasad D Taur
- Department of Immunology, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Immunology, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Immunology, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Immunology, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Immunology, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Immunology, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Immunology, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Immunology, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Immunology, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Immunology, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Clinical Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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- Department of Clinical Hematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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- Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Immunohematology, Mumbai, India
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- Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Immunohematology, Mumbai, India
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- Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Immunohematology, Mumbai, India
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- Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Immunohematology, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Centre, Narayana Health City, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- University of Paris, Institute Imagine, INSERM, Paris, France.,Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR1163, Paris, France.,St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States
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- University of Paris, Institute Imagine, INSERM, Paris, France.,Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR1163, Paris, France.,St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States.,Study Center for Immunodeficiencies, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- University of Paris, Institute Imagine, INSERM, Paris, France.,Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR1163, Paris, France.,St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Immunology, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India
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Dalwai S, Unni J, Kalra V, Singhi P, Shrivastava L, C Nair MK. Consensus Statement of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics on Evaluation and Management of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Indian Pediatr 2017; 54:481-488. [PMID: 28368271 DOI: 10.1007/s13312-017-1052-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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JUSTIFICATION Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is highly prevalent in children worldwide. Management of ADHD requires a systematic, multidisciplinary approach and therefore evidence-based, standardized national guidelines are essential. PROCESS A meeting for formulation of national consensus guidelines on neurodevelopmental disorders was organized by Indian Academy of Pediatrics in Mumbai, on 18th and 19th December, 2015. The invited experts included Pediatricians, Developmental Pediatricians, Pediatric Neurologists, Psychiatrists, Remedial Educators and Clinical Psychologists. The participants framed guidelines after extensive discussions. OBJECTIVE To provide consensus guidelines on evaluation and management of ADHD in children in India. RECOMMENDATIONS ADHD is a chronic condition and thus education of patients, families, and teachers regarding the diagnosis is an integral part of management. Involvement of patient the and the family in the management program is extremely vital. Management of ADHD centers on the achievement of target outcomes, which are chosen in collaboration with the child, parents, and school personnel. Coexisting conditions must be treated concurrently with ADHD. Modalities of management of ADHD include behavioral interventions, medications, and educational interventions. These modalities can be implemented individually or in combination.
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- Samir Dalwai
- From New Horizons Group, Mumbai; *Aster Medcity, Kochi; #Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi; $Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh; ‡Department of Pediatrics, Bharatiya Vidyapeeth Medical College and Hospital, Pune; and ^Kerala University, Thrissur; India. Correspondence to: Dr. Samir Dalwai, Director, New Horizons Child Development Centre, Mumbai, India.
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