PMID- 33548520 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210524 LR - 20210524 IS - 2213-2201 (Electronic) VI - 9 IP - 4 DP - 2021 Apr TI - Inborn Error of Immunity or Atopic Dermatitis: When to be Concerned and How to Investigate. PG - 1501-1507 LID - S2213-2198(21)00165-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.01.037 [doi] AB - Around 20% of all children worldwide suffer from atopic dermatitis. Therefore, eczematous skin lesions and elevated serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels are common findings. Inborn errors of immunity (IEI) may be missed in the context of atopic dermatitis, and management and prognosis of these conditions can be substantially different. Children suffering from IEIs such as hyper-IgE syndromes, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, immunodysregulation polyendocrinopathy enteropathy X-linked syndrome, Omenn syndrome, the atypical complete DiGeorge syndrome, and skin barrier disorders like Comel-Netherton syndrome and severe dermatitis-multiple allergies and metabolic wasting syndrome may present with additional red flags, which should raise a clinical suspicion for an underlying IEI. These red flags may include eczematous skin lesion manifesting prior to two months of life, disseminated or recurrent viral, bacterial, or fungal infections, mucocutaneous candidiasis, purpura, chronic diarrhea, or abnormalities in development or of connective tissue. A differential blood count, as well as a lymphocyte subset analysis, total immunoglobulin levels, and vaccination titers can help the clinician to decide whether a patient with eczematous skin lesions and elevated serum IgE should be referred to a clinical immunologist for a full immunological work-up and broad genetic analysis. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Stadler, Pia-Charlotte AU - Stadler PC AD - Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. FAU - Renner, Ellen D AU - Renner ED AD - Translational Immunology in Environmental Medicine, Technical University, Munich, Germany; Translational Immunology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Munich, Germany. FAU - Milner, Joshua AU - Milner J AD - Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY. FAU - Wollenberg, Andreas AU - Wollenberg A AD - Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: wollenberg@lrz.uni-muenchen.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210203 PL - United States TA - J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract JT - The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice JID - 101597220 RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) SB - IM MH - Child MH - *Dermatitis, Atopic/diagnosis MH - *Eczema MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin E MH - *Job Syndrome MH - *Netherton Syndrome OTO - NOTNLM OT - Atopic dermatitis OT - HIES OT - Hyper-IgE syndrome OT - Inborn error of immunity EDAT- 2021/02/07 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/25 06:00 CRDT- 2021/02/06 20:10 PHST- 2020/12/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/01/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/01/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/02/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/02/06 20:10 [entrez] AID - S2213-2198(21)00165-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.01.037 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 Apr;9(4):1501-1507. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.01.037. Epub 2021 Feb 3.