[Difficulties in diagnostics and therapy of infectious complications in primary immunodeficient patients]

Przegl Epidemiol. 2008;62(1):123-31.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) are group of more than 200 different genetic disorders. Reccurrent, severe infections are major clinical manifestation of these disorders. Ethiology and course of infections in PIDs are different, depending on type of immunodeficiency. We present short characteristics of infections in PIDs, as well as difficulties in diagnostics and treatment of infectious complications.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Infections / etiology
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / complications
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / diagnosis*
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / therapy*
  • Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • Opportunistic Infections / therapy*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / etiology
  • Risk Factors