Immunodeficiencies Flashcards
Name 2 innate immunity defects
- Chronic granulomatous disease
- Leukocyte adhesion deficiency
Chronic granulomatous disease mechanism
NADPH oxidase complex deficiency = less superoxide
Less respiratory burst = granuloma formation
Tests for chronic granulomatous disease
Dihydrorhodamine flow cytometry DHR 123
Nitro-blue
Chronic granulomatous disease signs & symptoms (5)
- Osteomyelitis
- Lymphadenopathy
- Pneumonia
- Abscesses (liver, visceral)
- Granulomas: skin, GI, GU = obstruction
Chronic granulomatous disease lab findings (2) (Ig, RBC)
HYPERgammaglobulinemia
Anemia
Chronic granulomatous disease infections
CATALASE +
- S. aureus
- B.cepacia
- Nocardia spp.
- Aspergillus
- Candida
CATs have BeeN PLACESS = CATalase, Burkholderia, Nocardia, Pasteurella, Listeria, Aspergillus, Candida, E.coli, Staphylococcus, Serratia
Chronic granulomatous disease treatment
Prophylactic antibiotics (TMP-SMX) or antifungals (itraconazole)
Glucocorticoids
IFN-y therapy
Severe: stem cell transplant
Effect of NADPH oxidase
Converts to NADP+ —> makes superoxide O2- —> H2O2 —> broken down by catalase into H20 and O2
Therefore: more catalase = more breakdown of H2O2 = less H2O2 = weak respiratory burst
Chronic granulomatous disease hereditability
X-linked or AR
LAD mechanism
LFA-1/CD18 abscence
Beta-2 integrin for neutrophil adhesion
Phagocytes are trapped in circulation
LAD hereditability
AR
LAD signs & symptoms (4)
- MOUTH skin and mucosa
- Delayed umbilical cord separation >10 days
- Omphalitis
- Impaired wound healing
LAD lab findings (1)
Neutrophilia
LAD infections
Bacterial
Non-suppurative
- S.aureus
- P.aureginosa
- Klebisella
LAD treatment
Prevent infection
Bone marrow transplant
Prophylactic antibiotics
Life expectancy without tx = extremely short
LAD types
LAD1: b2 deficiency
LAD2: Sialyl-Lewis X deficiency (rolling)
LAD3: b1, b2, and b3 deficiency = no leukocyte activation nor platelet binding (HEMORRHAGIC)
Humoral defects (3)
- X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA)
- Hyper IgM
- CVID
XLA mechanism
BTK deficiency = no mature B cells
Stop in pre-B or pro-B
XLA signs & symptoms, age they start
START IN 3-6 MONTHS
- Lymphoid hyperplasia
- Severe, recurrent pyogenic infections —> pneumonia, otitis media, bronchitis, sinusitis
XLA infections
ENCAPSULATED bacteria
- S.pneumoniae
- N.meningitidis
- H.influenzae
ENTEROVIRUS
- Coxsackie
- Polio
GIARDIA LAMBLIA