TABLE 08 - Immunodeficiency Flashcards

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Allows cancer and bacterial, viral, fungal, and protozoan diseases; caused by HIV infection (Immunodeficiency disorders)

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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

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Affects about 1 in 700; causes frequent mucosal infections; specific cause uncertain (Immunodeficiency disorders)

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Selective IgA immunodeficiency

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Frequent viral and bacterial infections; second most common immune deficiency affecting about 1 in 70,000; inherited (Immunodeficiency disorders)

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Common variable hypogammaglobulinemia

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Usually fatal in early infancy; very rare; inherited; bone marrow transplant a possible treatment (Immunodeficiency disorders)

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Reticular dysgenesis

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Affects about 1 in 100,000; allows severe infections; inherited; treated with bone marrow and fetal thymus transplants, gene therapy treatment is promising (Immunodeficiency disorders)

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Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)

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Absence of cell-mediated immunity; due to the failure of the thymus to develop in embryo (Immunodeficiency disorders)

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Thymic aplasia (DiGeorge syndrome)

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Frequent infections by viruses, fungi, protozoa; causes eczema, defective blood clotting; usually causes death in childhood (Immunodeficiency disorders)

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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

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Frequent extracellular bacterial infections; affects about 1 in 200,000; the first immunodeficiency disorder recognized (Immunodeficiency disorders)

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X-linked infantile agammaglobulinemia

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