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Chronic granulomatous disease

Alternative Names: CGD Treatment: Acute infections should be treated vigorously with appropriate antibiotics. Preventive (prophylactic) antibiotics may be prescribed, to be taken on a daily basis to try to decrease the frequency of infection. When abscesses form, if possible they should be aggressively treated by a surgeon. Interferon-gamma may also be helpful in reducing the number of severe infections. Expectations (prognosis): Text Continues Below Prolonged antibiotic therapy may help to reduce infections, but premature death is typically a result of repeated pulmonary infections. Complications: chronic pneumonia lung tissue damage bone damage skin damage Calling your health care provider: Call your health care provider if you have chronic granulomatous disease and you suspect that you have pneumonia or infection in another part of the body. Notify your health care provider if recurrent pneumonia or recalcitrant skin infections are a problem.

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