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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2022) | General Allied Health School Study Aid
Bruton's Agammaglobulinemia
- Pathophysiology
- X-linked Recessive
- Defective Bruton Tyrosine Kinase
- Blocks B Cell Maturation
- Signs & Symptoms
- Decreased Immunoglobulins of All Classes
- Bacterial Infections After Six Months
- Maternal IgG Protects Before Six Months
2 mins
Selective IgA Deficiency
- Pathophysiology
- Defect in Class Switching
- Decreased IgA
- Signs and Symptoms
- Often Asymptomatic
- Increase in Atopic & Autoimmune Diseases
- Sinopulmonary Infections
- Increased Risk Giardia Lamblia Infections
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Celiac Disease
- Considerations
- Anaphylaxis From IgA Containing Blood Products
2 mins
Common Variable Immunodeficiency
- Pathophysiology
- Defect in B Cell Maturation
- Decreased Plasma Cells
- Decreased Immunoglobulins
- Signs & Symptoms
- Sinopulmonary Infections
- Increased Risk of Autoimmune Disease
- Lymphoma
1 min
Thymic Aplasia (DiGeorge Syndrome)
- Pathophysiology
- DiGeorge Syndrome
- 22q11 Deletion
- Failure to Develop Third and Fourth Pharyngeal Pouches
- Signs and Symptoms
- Undeveloped Thymus
- T Cell Deficiency
- Recurrent Viral and Fungal Infections
- Undeveloped Parathyroids
- Hypocalcemia
- Tetany
- Aortic Defects
- Congenital Heart Defects
- Diagnosis
- Absent Thymic Shadow on CXR
2 mins
IL-12 Receptor Deficiency
- Pathophysiology
- IL-12 Secreted by Macrophages
- Decreased Th1 Response
- Decreased IFN Gamma
- Signs and Symptoms
- Mycobacterial Infections
- Salmonella
1 min
Hyper IgE Syndrome
- Job Syndrome (Autosomal Dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome)
- Pathophysiology
- Autosomal Dominant
- STAT3 Mutation
- Increased IgE
- Abnormal Chemotaxis
- Signs and Symptoms
- Leonine Facies
- Cold (Non-Inflamed) Staph Aureus Abscesses
- Retained Primary Teeth
- Eczema
- Management
- Prophylactic Antibiotics
2 mins
Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis
- Mechanism and Characteristics
- T Cell Dysfunction
- Candida Albicans
- Signs and Symptoms
- Infections of Skin
- Infections of Mucous Membrane
- Susceptible to HPV Infections like Condyloma Acuminatum
42 secs
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