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. 2013 Nov 16;34(1):10–22. doi: 10.1007/s10875-013-9954-6

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]