Dr Spur’s mystery case : the case of asthma, autoimmunity and an unexpected diagnosis
| dc.contributor.author | Van den Berg, Sylvia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brauer, Marieke | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van Niekerk, Andre | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-25T10:09:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-25T10:09:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Thank you for seeing this 27-year-old woman referred from my practice for recurrent lower respiratory tract infections, chronic sinusitis and worsening eczema. Her main complaints are fatigue, weight loss and joint stiffness over the past year. She was previously diagnosed with asthma (due to persistent wheeze since adolescence), autoimmune thyroiditis and a psoriasis/eczema overlap. Her family history is notable for the death of a sibling in early childhood from pneumonia. | |
| dc.description.department | Paediatrics and Child Health | |
| dc.description.librarian | am2025 | |
| dc.description.sdg | SDG-03: Good health and well-being | |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.journals.co.za/content/journal/caci | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Van den Berg, S., Brauer, M. & Van Niekerk, A. 2025, 'Dr Spur’s mystery case : the case of asthma, autoimmunity and an unexpected diagnosis', Current Allergy and Clinical Immunology, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 118-122, doi : 10.10520/ejc-caci-v38-n2-a11. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1609-3607 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.10520/ejc-caci-v38-n2-a11 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/105481 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Allergy Society of South Africa | |
| dc.rights | © Allergy Society of South Africa. | |
| dc.subject | Respiratory tract infections | |
| dc.subject | Eczema | |
| dc.subject | Asthma | |
| dc.subject | Death | |
| dc.title | Dr Spur’s mystery case : the case of asthma, autoimmunity and an unexpected diagnosis | |
| dc.type | Article |