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Among these, the ICF2 subtype is mainly caused by pathogenic variant in the\n                      <jats:italic>ZBTB24<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A 28-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital presenting with fever and shock. Despite aggressive antimicrobial therapy, the patient continued to experience repeated episodes of infectious shock following admission for sepsis. This abnormality drew the doctors\u2019 attention and sparked in-depth discussion and analysis. With the discovery of abnormalities in the patient\u2019s immune cells, we became even more convinced that the underlying cause might be a genetic pathogenic variant in the patient. Ultimately, after conducting whole exome sequencing, we identified a homozygous pathogenic variant in the\n                      <jats:italic>ZBTB24<\/jats:italic>\n                      (chr6:109476256 G&amp;gt;A, NM_014797.3: c.1123C&amp;gt;T, p.Gln375*) in the patient.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Result<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Based on literature review, we implemented a treatment regimen of gamma globulin (10 g\/day) combined with antibiotics for the patient. Our efforts ultimately proved successful: the patient recovered fully and was discharged from the hospital. During the one-year follow-up, the patient remained in good condition.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The therapeutic regimen of gamma globulin combined with antibiotics has demonstrated beneficial effects in the treatment of our reported patient.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fimmu.2026.1703785","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,4]],"date-time":"2026-03-04T06:57:52Z","timestamp":1772607472000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Case Report: a 28-year-old female patient presented with recurrent fevers and episodes of shock due to ZBTB24 pathogenic variant"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Jie","family":"Gao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Ninth 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