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Table 3 Pathogen Patterns in Immune Deficiency

From: Chronic granulomatous disease: a review of the infectious and inflammatory complications

Pathogen Type

T-cell Defect

B-cell Defect

Phagocyte Defect

Complement Defect

Bacteria

Bacterial sepsis

Pneumococcus,

Staphylococcus

Neisseria

  

Haemophilus

Pseudomonas

Pyogenic bacteria

  

M. catarrhalis

  

Virus

CMV, EBV, VZ

CEMA

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Fungi

Candida/PCP

PCP

Candida, Aspergillus

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Parasite

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Giardia

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Acid Fast

AFB

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Nocardia

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  1. CMV = Cytomegalovirus; EBV = Epstein-Barr virus; VZ = Varicella Zoster;
  2. PCP = Pneumocystis Carinii; AFB = Acid-fast bacillus;
  3. CEMA = Chronic Echovirus Meningoencephalitis of Agammaglobulinemia
  4. M. catarrhalis = Moraxella catarrhalis