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THES is often associated with combined immunodeficiency caused by defective interferon-\u03b3 production in T cells and hypogammaglobulinemia. However, very few cases of a severe clinical course in infancy have been reported.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case description<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Here, we report the case of a 2-month-old boy who presented with intractable diarrhea, growth retardation, and hair anomaly. Although fasting and central venous nutrition reduced stool frequency, effective weight gain was not achieved. A colonoscopy revealed multiple irregular ulcers without any cytomegalovirus (CMV)-positive cells. Nevertheless, CMV was detected in peripheral blood using a polymerase chain reaction, and the patient was initially treated with ganciclovir. However, this approach was not clinically effective. The second endoscopy revealed new colonic ulcers with mild active inflammation, and treatment with prednisolone was partially effective. The Immunological evaluation revealed no impaired findings, except for low blastogenesis in T cells. However, the patient developed severe progressive respiratory failure caused by superinfection with\n                      <jats:italic>Pneumocystis jirovecii<\/jats:italic>\n                      and CMV and died at 6 months of age. Clinical sequencing analysis identified compound heterozygous frameshift variants c.195dupA (p.A66Sfs*3) and c.3426dupA (p.A1143Sfs*4) in\n                      <jats:italic>TTC37<\/jats:italic>\n                      (NM_014639.4), confirming the diagnosis of THES.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>THES can have a fatal clinical course even during infancy. Detailed immunological and genetic analyses, in addition to endoscopic examination, are crucial for the definitive diagnosis and management of patients with very early-onset inflammatory bowel disease and inborn errors of immunity with systemic features.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fimmu.2026.1721204","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,11]],"date-time":"2026-02-11T07:37:00Z","timestamp":1770795420000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Case Report: Tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome in an infant presented with colorectal ulceration and severe respiratory superinfection"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Yuta","family":"Narishige","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology, Miyagi Children\u2019s Hospital","place":["Sendai, 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