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1
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What are SPUR infections? What do they indicate?

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Serious, Persistent, Unusual, Recurrent

Indicate immune deficiency

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What is the main hallmark of immune deficiency?

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Recurrent infections

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3
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Primary immune deficiencies are common. True/False?

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False

Rare! Secondary immune deficiencies are common

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4
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Risk of infection ______ as neutrophil count increases

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Decreases

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How can failure to produce neutrophils arise?

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Failure of stem cell differentiation

Failure of neutrophil maturation

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6
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What is Kostmann syndrome?

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Rare autosomal recessive disorder; congenital neutropenia

Clinically presents as (recurrent) infections 2 weeks after birth

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7
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What is leukocyte adhesion deficiency?

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Rare primary immune deficiency where neutrophils fail to bind to endothelial markers - cannot find where infection is!
Genetic defect in CD18

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8
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What is chronic granulomatous disease?

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Failure of oxidative killing due to inability to generate oxygen free radicals

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9
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Name an important related side effect of anti-TNF therapy

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Reactivation of latent TB

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10
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In congenital neutropenia, neutrophil count is normal. True/False?

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False

Low or absent

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Is there pus formation in congenital neutropenia?

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No

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12
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In leukocyte adhesion deficiency, neutrophil count is low during infection. True/False?

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False

It is high

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13
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Is there pus formation in leukocyte adhesion deficiency?

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No

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14
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In chronic granulomatous disease, neutrophil count is normal. True/False?

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True

Would be raised in the acute stage but not once granuloma has formed

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15
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Is there pus formation in chronic granulomatous disease?

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Yes

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16
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Give examples of definitive management of phagocyte deficiencies

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Bone marrow transplant, gene therapy

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17
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What cells do T cells arise from?

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Haemopoetic stem cells in bone marrow

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18
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Defects in stem cell differentiation in haemopoetic cells causes which fatal condition?

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Reticular dysgenesis

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19
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What is Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)?

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Failure of production of lymphocytes

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20
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What are some key clinical phenotypes of SCID?

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Unwell by 3 months
Diarrhoea
Failure to thrive
Early death

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21
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Why does SCID present only after 3 months of age?

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Maternal IgG protects the infant up to this point

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22
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In X-linked SCID, which receptor is mutated?

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IL2 receptor

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23
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What is DiGeorge syndrome?

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Failed development of the thymus

“Funny looking kid”

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24
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Which chromosome is deleted in DiG syndrome?

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22q11

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25
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In DiG syndrome, the thymus fails to develop. What is the consequence of this?

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Low/no T cells can mature (thus low T cell numbers)

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26
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What is hypogammaglobulinaemia?

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Failure to produce mature B cells

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27
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What is common variable immunodeficiency?

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Low IgG, IgA and IgE

Leads to recurrent infections, often autoimmune

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28
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Which type of hypersensitivity reaction do allergic diseases come under?

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Type 1

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29
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Define what is meant by allergy

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IgE-mediated response to an external antigen

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30
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Describe the hygiene hypothesis

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Decrease in infectious exposure in early life predisposes to increased sensitivity/predisposition to allergic stimuli

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31
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Allergic reactions typically take a few hours to develop. True/False?

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False

Can be from within minutes to a couple hours

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32
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What is the role of B lymphocytes in the allergic response?

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Recognise antigen and produce IgE

33
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What is the role of T lymphocytes in the allergic response?

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Aid B cells in producing IgE

34
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What is the role of mast cells in the allergic response?

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Express Fc receptors for IgE

Produce inflammatory mediators upon degranulation

35
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Allergic reactions occur on first exposure to the allergen. True/False?

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False
First encounter produces circulatory IgE, which then binds to mast cell; when second encounter occurs, the IgE is activated, causing mast cell degranulation, leading to allergy

36
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What is the clinical effect of histamine and other inflammatory mediators in the lung?

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Bronchoconstriction
Vasodilation
Increased vascular permeability 
Mucosal oedema, mucus secretion
Yellow sputum
37
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What is urticaria? How long does it last?

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Hives/rash

Lasts typically 6 hrs

38
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Name some elective investigations for identifying allergic disease

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Skin prick test

Challenge testing

39
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What would be measured in an acute anaphylactic episode?

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Serum tryptase

40
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What is a skin prick test?

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Expose patient to standardised solution of antigen through a prick to the forearm
A positive test will yield a local flare

41
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Which drug class should be discontinued prior to skin prick testing?

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Antihistamines for 48hrs

42
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Corticosteroids should be stopped before skin prick testing. True/False?

43
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Why is measuring total IgE not useful in diagnosing allergic disease?

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IgE can be raised by lots of things - allergy can also occur in the absence of IgE

44
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Which drug supposedly blocks mast cell degranulation?

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Sodium chromoglycate

45
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What disease type is an example of Type I hypersensitivity?

46
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Type II hypersensitivity involves direct cell killing through which main mechanism/process?

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Complement pathway

47
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What are the 4 main effects of Complement activation?

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Direct killing (MAC)
Opsonisation (C3b)
Solubilisation of immune complexes
Chemotaxis

48
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Give a clinical example and description of Type II hypersensitivity

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Blood transfusions
Can’t give group A patient blood from group B, as they will produce anti-B antibodies and activate Complement, causing massive inflammation

49
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What is plasmapharesis?

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Remove pathogenic antibody from a patient’s blood

50
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What mediates Type III hypersensitivity?

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Immune complexes

51
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What happens in Type III hypersensitivity?

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Immune complexes get stuck in areas and activate Complement in those areas, attracting macrophages and causing phagocytosis

52
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Give a clinical example of Type III hypersensitivity and describe what happens

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Farmer’s lung
Inhaled fungal particles stimulate AB production which bind to antigens, triggering Complement and inflammation, resulting in wheeze and malaise

53
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Which cell type mediates Type IV hypersensitivity?

54
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What happens in Type IV hypersensitivity?

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T cells generated due to initial sensitisation of antigen; repeated exposure causes recruitment of inflammatory cells to the site

55
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What term is given to a collection of activated macrophages and lymphocytes?

56
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Give examples of non-autoimmune Type IV hypersensitivity conditions

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Sarcoidosis
Tuberculosis
Leprosy
Organ rejection

57
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What are memory B cells?

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Generated in primary humoral responses, they survive in a dormant state and rapidly reactivate in response to second encounter with same antigen

58
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What are the 4 main ways of active vaccination?

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Exposure to infectious organism
Exposure to similar, less virulent pathogen
Exposure to less virulent form of same organism
Exposure to inactivated organism

59
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What was involved in variolation?

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Exposing people to smallpox pustules from infected patients intradermally to provoke immunity

60
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In order to inactivate a pathogen, heat can be used to denature it. What is the problem with this?

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Denaturation causes conformational change, so organism isn’t as similar to one we are trying to achieve immunity to

61
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What is the main danger of live attenuated vaccines?

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Can cause disease particularly in immunosuppressed individuals

62
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Give examples of live attenuated vaccines

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Measles and mumps
Chickenpox
Rubella
Smallpox

63
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Which Ig is contained in colostrum?

64
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HLA Class II presents to which T cell?

65
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HLA Class I presents to which T cell?

66
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Why is HLA matching in transplantation important?

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Minimise differences between donor and recipient to prevent transplant rejection

67
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Mathcing HLA Class I is more important than matching HLA Class II. True/False?

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False

Class II more important as CD4 cells are the main mediators of the immune response

68
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What are the disadvantages of HLA matching?

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Limited benefit if the donor pool is small
Rare variants (ethnic groups) may not have good chances
69
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What are the 2 situations where HLA matching is used to allocate donors?

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Stem cell transplants

Kidney transplants

70
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When is HLA matching not used to allocate donors?

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Lung, heart and liver transplants

71
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What is meant by “cold ischaemic time”?

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Amount of time organ is left in ice

Should be as short as possible

72
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Which type of hypersensitivity reaction is acute cellular rejection?

73
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What is the time-frame over which acute cellular rejection of a transplant takes place?

74
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Transplantation of donor tissue between blood groups will always result in hyperacute rejection. True/False?

75
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Over what time-frame does acute vascular rejection of a transplant occur?

76
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Which type of hypersensitivity reaction is acute vascular rejection of a transplant?

77
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What is the most major cause of graft loss?

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Chronic allograft failure

78
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Over what time-frame does chronic allograft failure occur?

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Greater than 30 days

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