Friday, 14 June 2019

Immunologic deficiency syndromes

Disease class: Immune system diseases

Types

  • Agammaglobulinaemia
  • Ataxia telangiectasia
  • Common variable immunodeficiency
  • Dysgammaglobulinaemia
  • HIV infections
  • Deltaretrovirus infections
  • Leukocyte-adhesion deficiency syndrome
  • Lymphopoenia
  • Phagocyte bactericidal dysfunction
  • Severe combined immunodeficiency 

This class includes all diseases caused by underactivity of the components of the immune system. 

Patients with these diseases have a significantly increased probability of severe or life-threatening infections. 

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