Table V.
Warning signs of PIDD for gastroenterologists
| Clinical occurrences | PIDD | Laboratory tests |
|---|---|---|
| Chronic diarrhea | Antibody deficiencies | AMI |
| Inflammatory bowel disease | Combined immunodeficiencies (infants) | CMI, AMI |
| Chronic giardiasis | ||
| Autoimmune enteropathy + severe intractable diarrhea. Other diagnoses associated: hypothyroidism, eczema, thrombocytopenia, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, neonatal diabetes | Immunodysregulation, polyendocrinopathy and enteropathy, X-linked (IPEX) | CMI, Coombs, glycemia, and TSH |
| ANA | ||
| Persistent candidiasis | Combined immunodeficiencies | CMI |
| T cell Lymphoproliferative assay | ||
| Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis | Lymphoproliferation to Candida | |
| Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED) | Candidin test | |
| ANA and endocrine evaluation | ||
| Severe abdominal pain emulating an acute abdomen | Hereditary angioedema | Dosage and/or functional activity assay of C1INH, C4, C1q |
| Liver abscess mainly due to S aureus | Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) | P |
| Hyper IgE syndrome (HIES) | Serum IgE, eosinophilia | |
| Specific Scorea | ||
| Hepatobiliary infection due to C parvum | CD40 ligand (L) deficiency | AMI |
| Inflammatory bowel disease in infants | CGD | P |
| Interleukin-10 (IL-10) or interleukin 10 receptor (IL-10R) deficiencies | II |
Abbreviations: AMI antibody mediated immunity, ANA antinuclear antibodies, C1INH C1 esterase inhibitor, CMI cellular mediated immunity, CBCcomplete blood count, II innate immunity, P phagocytosis, TSH thyroid stimulating hormone
aScore for classical Hyper IgE diagnosis [26]