Immunodeficiency
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More Specific Terms
- asplenism
- cellular immune dysfunction
- Chediak-Higashi syndrome
- chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis
- combined immune deficiency; severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID CID)
- common variable immunodeficiency
- complement deficiency
- deficient antibody synthesis
- DiGeorge syndrome (velocardiofacial syndrome)
- dysgammaglobulinemia
- Griscelli syndrome
- humoral immune dysfunction
- hyper-IgM immunodeficiency syndrome (HIGM)
- hypogammaglobulinemia; immunoglobulin deficiency
- IgG subclass deficiency
- IRAK4 deficiency
- mixed cellular & humoral immune dysfunction
- neutrophil immunodeficiency syndrome
- recurrent invasive pneumococcal disease
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (eczema-thrombocytopenia-immunodeficiency syndrome)
Pathology
- associated conditions
- organ & bone marrow transplant patients
- especially with severe mucositis
- AIDS patients
- therapy with glucocorticoids or cytotoxic agents
- lymphocytic neoplasms
- characteristic pathogens:
- associated conditions
- characteristic pathogens (recurrent infections)
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- Streptococcus pneumonia
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Neisseria ( complement deficiency, late components)
- N. meningitidis
- N. gonorrhoeae
- Neutrophil disorder
- chronic granulomatous disease
- invasive skin infections ...
- infections with Neisseria sp, especially N gonorrhoeae
More General Terms
Additional Terms
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 14 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2006
- Immune System and Disorders: NIH Institute and Center Resources [1]
