Immuno/Path Dzs Flashcards
Pt with. C1 esterase deficiency. PD will find? Mech?
Hereditary angioedema. Increased kalkerin activation - increased bradykinin - increased vasodilation
Pt with recurrent pyogenic sinus and respiratory tract infections. Increased susceptibility to type III hypersensitivity reactions?
C3 deficiency
Recurrent Neisseria infections - immune defect?
C5-C9 (no mac complex)
With with occasional hemolobinuria. Possible immune defect?
Paroxysmal nocturnal Hb-uria. Deficiency in DAF
Pt with fever, urticaria, arthralgias, and proteinuria a week after exposure to drug?
Serum sickness. HSR III
Intredermal injection of vaccine. Get edema, necrosis and complement activation in that area?
Arthus reaction
Pt given blood. Gets urticaria, wheezing and fever? tx?
Type I HSR. Give antihistamines
PT given blood. Has trouble breathing, hypotension and goes into shock.
Anaplylaxis. IgA deficient pt got blood with IgA
Pt given blood.Gets fever, headaches, chills and flushing
HSR II (host Abs against donor HLAs)
Pt given blood. fever, hypotension, increased HR, increased RR, flank pain and jaundice
HSR II. Intravascular hemolysis (wrong blood group)
Pt with recurrent bacterial infections after 6 months of age. Defect?
X-linked Bruton’s agammaglobuliemia.
BTK gene, no B-cell maturation
Pt with recurrent sinusitis and pulmonary infections and numerous allergies. Also has milk allergies and diarrhea.
Selective IgA deficiency. (decreased IgA leads to respiratory infections and GI infections)
young adult patient with numberous sinopulmonary infections. Has Lupus. Normal B cells but low plasma cells? Risk for?
Common variable immunodefiency. Lymphoma
Pt with small lymph nodes, decreased B-cells and low IgGs. Defect?
X-linked Bruton’s agammaglobuliemia.
BTK gene, no B-cell maturation
Female pt with recurrent sinusitis and pulmonary infections and numerous allergies. Has positive B-HCG but not pregnant. Cause?
Selective IgA deficiency.
Pt with tetany and recurrent viral/fungal infections. No thymic shadow. Dx?
DeGeorges
Pt with recurrent dessemminated infections. Labs show?
decreased INF-y. IL-12 receptor deficiency (few Th1s)