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Week 5: Infections in immunocompromised hosts Flashcards

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When to think immune deficiency?

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Common evaluation

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Examples of infections in innate immune deficiency

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  • Chronic granulomatous disease
  • Terminal complement deficiency (C5-9)
  • Netropenia
  • Leukocyte adhesion defects
  • Job’s Syndrome
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Innate immune deficiency causes

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Decreased chemotaxis, diminished phagocytic capacity & defective intracellular killing

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Infective etiologies of innate immune deficiency

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Hepatic abscesses

Skin infections

Gingivitis

Recurrent pyrogenic infections

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Infectious organisms in innate immune deficiency

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  • S. aureus
  • CoNS
  • viridans strep
  • enterococcus
  • E. coli
  • P. aeruginosa
  • Serratia
  • Aspergillus
  • Nocardia
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Examples of humoral antibody deficiency

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  • X-linked agammaglobulinemia
  • CVID
  • CLL
  • MM
  • Extensive RxTx
  • Chemo
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humoral antibody deficiency Dx

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Failure to make Ab to new Ag or even Ab after vaccines

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Infectious etiologies of humoral antibody deficiency

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  • Recurrent sinopulmonary infections with encapsulated organisms
  • Chronic diarrhea
  • Aseptic meningitis
  • Echoviruses
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Infectious organisms of humoral antibody deficiency

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  • Strep pneumo
  • H. influenzae
  • Giardia
  • Enteroviruses
  • Campylobacter
  • Shigella
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Causes of Cellular immune deficiency

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  • Digeorge Syndrome
  • Extensive irradiation
  • Immunosuppressives (Corticosteroids, cyclosporine, tactrolimus, monoclonal Ab)
  • Hoggkin’s Lymphoma
  • AIDS
  • CD4 lymphopenia
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Infectious etiologies of Cellular immune deficiency

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  • Intracellular organisms
  • viruses
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Infectious agents of Cellular immune deficiency

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  • Listeria
  • PJP
  • Nocardia
  • Mycobacteria
  • Histoplasma
  • Coccidiodomycosis
  • Aspergilius
  • Toxoplasma gondii
  • HSV
  • CMV
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Causes of Asplenia immune deficiency

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  • Splenectomy
  • Cirrhosis
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Asplenia immune deficiency caused by

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Reduced properdin so suboptimal opsonization

Low levels of circulating IgM

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Infectious etiologies of Asplenia immune deficiency

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Encapsulated organisms

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Infectious agents of Asplenia immune deficiency

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  • Strep pneumo
  • H. influenzae
  • N. meningiditis
  • Captocytophaga
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E. coli

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B. Pseudomonas

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E. Staph aureus

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  1. Fusarium spp.
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D. Chronic granulomatous disease

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B. immunoglobulin levels

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Respiratory infection

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A. Sever combined immunodeficiency

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D. Staphylococcus aureus

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C. Neisseria meningiditis

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D. Varicella zoster

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cell mediated 200

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B. respiratory infections with encapsulated organisms

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Functions of the neutrophil

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Who has low or dysfunctional neutrophils?

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Common syndromes associated with neutropenia

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Things to remember considering neutropenia

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How do we protect neutropenic patients?

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Bottom-line of neutropenia

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Initial management of fever and neutropenia

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Cell-mediated immunity

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Who has dysfunctional cell-mediated immunity

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What are the common syndromes associated with impaired cell-mediated immunity?

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Common bacterial organisms associated with bacteria

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  • Listeria moncytogenes
  • Nocardia spp.
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Common bacterial organisms associated with viruses

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  • Herpes viruses
  • CMV
  • Hep B and C
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Common bacterial organisms associated with parasites

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Toxoplasma gondii

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Common bacterial organisms associated with fungus

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  • Histoplasma capsulatum
  • Coccidioides spp.
  • Cryptococcus spp.
  • Aspergillus spp,
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii
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Common bacterial organisms associated with mycobacteria

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  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • nontuberculous mycobacterium
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How do we protect patients with dysfunctional cell-mediated immunity

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Timeline of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

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Timeline of Hematopoietic Solid Organ Transplantation

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