Infections in immunodeficiency

Question 1

T-cells deficiencies predispose to what bacterial infections?

Answer 1

Sepsis

Question 2

B-cells deficiencies predisposes to what type of bacterial infections

Answer 2

Encapsulated organisms

Question 3

Encapsulated organism cause infections when deficient in what cell type?

Answer 3

B-cells

Question 4

List of encapsulated organisms

Answer 4

Pseudomonas, Hib, N meningitidis, E coli, Salmonela, Klebsiella, GBS

Question 5

Granulocytes deficiencies predispose to what bacterial infections

Answer 5

Staph, Serratia, Nocardia, Pseudomonas, Burkholderia cepacia

Question 6

Complement deficiencies predispose to what type of bacterial infections

Answer 6

Encapsulates species - early complement deficiencies

Neisseria - late complement deficiencies (C5-C9)

Question 7

T-cell deficiencies predispose to what viral infections

Answer 7

CMV, EBV, JC virus, VZV, chronic infections with respiratory and GI viruses

Question 8

B-cell deficiencies predispose to what viral infections

Answer 8

Enteroviral, encephalitis, poliovirus

Question 9

T-cell deficiencies predispose to what fungal/parasitic infections

Answer 9

Local Candida, PCP, Cryptococcus

Question 10

B-cell deficiencies predispose to what fungal/parasitic infections

Answer 10

GI giardiasis due to no IgA

Question 11

Granulocytes deficiencies predispose to what fungal/parasitic infections

Answer 11

Systemic Candida, Aspergillus, Mucor

Question 12

Recurrent bacterial infections are more common in what type of cell deficiencies

Answer 12

B-cell

Question 13

Viral and fungal infections are more common in what type of cell deficiencies

Answer 13

T-cell