Abstract:Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) is a rare inherited primary immune deficiency disorder with defective respiratory burst activity in phagocytes, resulting in recurrent pyogenic infections. In this study, we described two CGD patients who had done bone marrow transplantation (BMT). As Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is the definitive treatment of the disease, we evaluated the function of their lungs before and after BMT. In both patients, the BMT was from their siblings. In case 1, the patient’s pulmonary … Show more
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