Anaesthesia and Job syndrome : syndromic vignettes in anaesthesia

Job's syndrome, an autosomal dominant disorder, was first described by Davis et al in 1966. He called the disorder 'Job syndrome' after the biblical figure Job : 'So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his c...

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Published in:Southern African journal of anaesthesia and analgesia 2008-05, Vol.14 (3), p.11-14
Main Author: Bosenberg, A.T.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Job's syndrome, an autosomal dominant disorder, was first described by Davis et al in 1966. He called the disorder 'Job syndrome' after the biblical figure Job : 'So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown' (Job 2 : 7). Davis et al described two unrelated girls with lifelong histories of indolent Staphylococcal abscesses. Both had eczema soon after birth and had persistent weeping lesions on the ears and face.
ISSN:2220-1181
2220-1173