Primary immunodeficiency disorders

Primary immunodeficiency disorders 

Updated: 07/14/2023

© Jun Wang, MD, PhD

General features
  • Preferred term: Inborn errors of immunity 
  • Deficiency in immune system function due to intrinsic defects
  • Poor or absent function of one or more components of the immune system
  • Rare condition except IgA deficiency
  • Early diagnosis and treatment critical for outcomes
Clinical presentations
  • Recurrent infections
  • Opportunistic infections
  • Unusual infections
  • Autoimmune disorders
Key Laboratory findings
  • Lymphocytopenia
  • Neutropenia
  • Abnormal levels of immunoglobulin
Screening tests: immunodeficiency unlikely if normal results
  • CBC and differential: neutrophils, lymphocytes
  • Quantitative serum immunoglobulin levels IgA, IgE, IgG and IgM
  • Levels of specific antibodies to vaccines
  • Skin testing for delayed hypersensitivity
Additional tests
  • Lymphocytopenia: Flow cytometry/immunophenotyping, antibodies to T, B or NK cells
  • Cellular immunity dysfunction: T-cell receptor excision circle (TREC) for thymic output
  • Humoral immunity deficiency: Genes for Bruton tyrosine kinase, CD40 and CD40L, etc.
  • Combined cellular and humoral immunity deficiency: Il-2 receptor mutation (SVID)
  • Complement deficiency: Total hemolytic complement (CH50) or AH50
Adaptive immunity deficiency
  • Lymphocyte maturation defects
Severe combined immunodeficiency
X-linked agammaglobulinemia
DiGeorge syndrome
  • Lymphocyte activation and function defects
Hyper-IgM syndrome
Common variable immunodeficiency
Isolated IgA deficiency
Transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy
X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome
  • Immunodeficiencies associated with systemic disorders
Wiskott-Aldrichsyndrome
Ataxia telangiectasia

Innate immunity deficiency
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency 1 and 2
Chediak-Higashi syndrome
Chronic granulomatous disease
Complement deficiency
Myeloperoxidase deficiency
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