Gregorio Marañón detects the first case of ‘bubble child’ syndrome in a newborn in Madrid

At Gregorio Marañón Hospital, a baby less than a month old is waiting for a bone marrow transplant to repair her defective immune system. "It will be 95% effective because she has not had infections" Read

The Gregorio Marañón University Hospital in Madrid has begun the treatment of a newborn: the first case of severe combined immunodeficiency detected in the Community of Madrid, better known as bubble child syndrome, because they do not have an immune system. The little one, who is less than a month old, remains admitted and isolated in this public health complex, where appropriate measures have been taken, pending a compatible bone marrow transp…

The Gregorio Marañón Hospital has detected the first case of a "bubble baby" in Madrid after performing a heel prick test on the little girl, less than a month old. For the time being, she remains in isolation and is receiving drug treatment […]

The youngest was diagnosed with bubble child syndrome last March after neonatal screening, known as the heel test.

The screening of the heel test is a fundamental test in newborns to avoid serious health problems towards the future. They detect the first case of bubble child syndrome in Madrid: symptoms and treatment

The girl, who is less than a month old, remains admitted and isolated in the same public health complex, where appropriate measures are provided to ensure that she is in condition for a transplant of hematopoietic parents. The finding of the first case of the so-called ‘bubble child’ occurred last March at the Neonatal Screening Laboratory of the Gregorio Marañón Public University Hospital in Madrid, where the infant has been diagnosed after hav…