who gets repeated bacterial infections?

macrophage defects in IFNy signalling

symptoms dx and tx of complement defs

defects in CMI (cell mediated immunity) usually result in recurrent...

inherited complement defs

phagocytic dysfunction

The WHO classifies immunodeficiencies into 5 groups

B cell (humoral) defs

brutons x linked agamaglobulinaemia symp dx and tx

Chediak-Higashi syndrome

why is the cause of immundef sometimes hard to identify?

2 types immunodeficiency

three diseases associated with defective intracellular killing of ingested bacteria

primary (congenital)

causes of secondary (acquired) immunodeficiency

leukocyte adhesion defs (LADs)

symptoms of LAD

Diagnosis of LAD

Hyper IgM immunodeficiency

warning signs of primary immunodef

treatment for LAD

Hyper IgM symp dx + tx

3 combined B and T cell defs

chronic granulomatous disease CGD

what is most common cause for CGD

ADA (adenosine deanimase) def symp dx &tx

x linked SCID

types of acquired deficiencies

malnutrition

what is future tx for cgd

Dx of CGD

cyclophosphamide

Tx of CGD

glucocortcoids

AIDS stats

four components of immune system

HIV symp dx

list of x linked immunodef diseases (5)

defect in CGD

defect in wiskott aldrich syndrome

defect in SCID

defect in Hyper IgM