Sequential therapy with carglumic acid in three cases of organic acidemia crisis

Yan-Yan CHEN, Ting-Ting CHENG, Jie YAO, Long-Guang HUANG, Xiu-Zhen LI, Wen ZHANG, Hong LIANG

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics ›› 2025, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (7) : 850-853.

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Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics ›› 2025, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (7) : 850-853. DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2412043
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Sequential therapy with carglumic acid in three cases of organic acidemia crisis

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Case 1: A 19-day-old male infant presented with poor feeding and decreased activity for 2 weeks, worsening with poor responsiveness for 3 days. At 5 days old, he developed poor feeding and poor responsiveness, was hospitalized, and was found to have elevated blood ammonia and thrombocytopenia. Whole-genome genetic analysis revealed a pathogenic homozygous mutation in the PCCA gene, NM-000282.4: c.1834-1835del (p.Arg612AspfsTer44), leading to a diagnosis of propionic acidemia. Case 2: A 4-day-old male infant presented with poor responsiveness and feeding difficulties since birth, with elevated blood ammonia for 1 day. He showed weak sucking and deteriorating responsiveness, with blood ammonia >200 µmol/L. Genetic testing identified two heterozygous mutations in the MMUT gene: NM_000255.4: c.1677-1G>A and NM_000255.4: ex.5del, confirming methylmalonic acidemia. Case 3: A 20-day-old male infant presented with poor feeding for 15 days and skin petechiae for 8 days. He developed feeding difficulties at 5 days old and lower limb petechiae at 12 days old, with blood ammonia measured at 551.6 µmol/L. Genetic analysis found two heterozygous mutations in the PCCA gene: NM_000282.4: c.1118T>A (p.Met373Lys) and NM_000282.4: ex.16-18del, confirming propionic acidemia. In the first two cases, continuous hemodiafiltration was performed for 30 hours and 20 hours, respectively, before administering carglumic acid. In the third case, carglumic acid was administered orally without continuous hemodiafiltration, resulting in a decrease in blood ammonia from 551.6 µmol/L to 72.0 µmol/L within 6 hours, with a reduction rate of approximately 20-25 µmol/(kg·h), similar to the first two cases. Carglumic acid was effective in all three cases, suggesting it may help optimize future treatment protocols for organic acidemia.

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Hyperammonemia crisis / Organic acidemia / Carglumic acid / Neonate

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Yan-Yan CHEN , Ting-Ting CHENG , Jie YAO , et al . Sequential therapy with carglumic acid in three cases of organic acidemia crisis[J]. Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2025, 27(7): 850-853 https://doi.org/10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2412043

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