Immunocompromised host Flashcards
Why is immunodeficiency a problem that is unmet?
1) Large spectrum of primary immune deficiencies:
- Different phenotypes
- Lack of new knowledge
- Need better criteria for diagnosing
2) Failure to recognise and diagnose primary immune deficiencies
When are PIDs usually diagnosed? (2)
Why is this a problem?
- 8-12.4 years from onset
- > 60% patients 18+ years old when a diagnosis is made
- By this point, more than 37% of them will have permanent organ/tissue damage
Definition immunocompromised host
State in which immune system is unable to respond appropriately and effectively to infectious micro-organisms
Due to defect in one or more components of immune system (either the innate or adaptive immune system).
Types of immunocompromised host
Primary immunodeficiency: congenital
Due to intrinsic gene defect
Leads to:
- Missing protein
- Missing cell
- or non-functional components
Secondary: acquired
Due to underlying disease/treatment (eg HIV/chemo)
- Decrease in production/function of immune components or
- Increase in loss/catabolism of immune components
When should you suspect immunodeficiencies?
When infections are SPUR
Severe - can be life-threatening and requiring IV antibiotics or hospital admission - death if left untreated
Persistent - still remains after conventional treatment
Unusual (site/type of microbe is unusal, Site: eg deep infections or infections in the brain and Type: eg opportunistic infections like candida )
The 10 warning signs (PID) For children VS Adults
Four or more new infections within 1 year Serious sinus infections Antibiotics with little effect Pneumonias Failure to gain weight/grow Thrush/fungal infection NEED IV antibiotics to clear infection DEEP SEATED infections (eg brain) Family history
Limitations 10 warning signs
General use (lack of population based evidence)
PID patients differ in presentations/defect type
Non-infectious manifestations occur (eg autoimmunity, malignancy, inflammatory responses)
3 signs to use for instead of 10
- Family history
- Failure to thrive (grow) in infancy
- Diagnosis of sepsis with the need for IV antibiotic treatment
Malignancies with primary immunodeficiency disorder
Lymphoma (MOST and common with common variable immunodeficiency)
Leukaemia
Hodgkin disease
Adenocarcinoma
What are most immunodeficiencies caused by?
Antibody defect (65%)
Types of antibody defects
X linked agammaglobulinaemia (Bruton’s disease)
(B cell development defect)
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) Selective IgA deficiency IgG subclass deficiency Hyper-IgM syndrome
Most common antibody defects
CVID - most common symptomatic
Selective IgA - most common asymptomatic
Problem with selective IgA deficiency
Host can create antibodies against IgA
Can have transfusion reactions and reactions to IRT
Immunodeficiency caused by T cell defects percent
15%
Combined B and T cell defects
T cell defects
Combined B and T cell defects
Need T cells to activate B cells
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) - most common
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Ataxia telangectasia
T cell defects
Di George syndrome (THYMUS) - most common, cardiac problems presentation CD3 deficiency MHC class 2 deficiency TAP 1 or 2 deficiency (MHC class 1)
Immunodeficiencies caused by phagocytic defects types
Respiratory burst problems
Defect in fusion of lysosome and phagosome
Defect in neutrophil production and chemotaxis
