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Individual cases of chemical fume exposure, and cases associated with
common variable immunodeficiency and transplantation are singlecase reports and appear to be sporadic associations.
A woman in Minnesota aged 44 years with long-standing
common variable immunodeficiency died after developing VAPP in 2009 (4).
Autoimmune enteropathy is often found in patients with selective IgA deficiency,
common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and IPEX,3,4 but the role of NK cells remains undetermined.6,7 In our case report, patient initially presented with CD which was difficult to manage along with recurrent, opportunistic infections such as candidiasis and CMV disease.