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. 2019 Nov;15(4):197–206. doi: 10.2174/1573396315666190617151745

Table 6. Primary immunodeficiency diseases according to the type of immunity defect and related most typical OIs (Adapted from Picard C. et al., Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Committee Report on Inborn Errors of Immunity. J Clin Immunol. 2018).

- Immuno Deficiency Most Common Pathogens Causing OIs
Defects of adaptive immunity
[58-62]
Antibody deficiencies
Agammaglobulinaemia H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, M. catarrhalis, Staphylococcus spp.including methicillin resistant, P. aeruginosa, M. pneumonia, rhinovirus, adenovirus (severe sinopulmunar or disseminated infections) Enterovirus (meningoencephalitis) Giardia l. (chronic diarrea) Mycobacterium hominis and avium.
CVID
Specific antibody deficiency
Transient hypogamma of infancy
H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, M. catarrhalis, Staphylococcus spp.including methicillin resistant, P. aeruginosa, M. pneumonia, rhinovirus, adenovirus (recurrent sinopulmunar infections).
Combined T/B cell deficiencies
T- B+ SCID
T- B- SCID
Omenn’s Syndrome
Hyper IgM-CD40 ligand deficiency
Pyogenic bacteria, Campylobacter, Listeria, Herpesvirus, RSV, CMV,
parainfluenzae virus type 3 (severe respiratory) Rotavirus (severe diarrhea
following immunisation with rotavirus vaccine) Candida (persistent/recurrent
oral and perineal infection) Giardia l., Cryptosporidium spp. (chronic diarrea) Pneumocystis jirovecii.
Defects of innate immunity
[63-68]
Phagocytic disorders
Chronic granulomatous disease Staphylococcus spp, Burkholderia, Serratia, Nocardia (abscesses, pneumonia, granulomatous enteritis) Aspergillus (pneumonia, invasive) Candida spp. (sepsis, adenitis).
Congenital neutropenia Staphylococcus spp., E. coli, P. aeruginosa (sepsis, pneumonia, mucocutaneous chornic infections).
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency S. aureus, Streptococcus spp (skin ulcers, periodontitis) Candida spp. (skin and pulmonary infections) P. carinii.
GATA2 deficiency NT mycobacteria (disseminated infections), fungi (disseminated infections), HPV (recurrent infections).
Complement deficiencies
C1 and C2 deficiences S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae (recurrent sinopulmunar infections) Neisseria spp. (meningococcal and gonococcal infections).
C5-C9 deficiences Neisseria spp. (disseminated infections).
Defects in intrinsic and innate immunity
IL12/IFN-γ signaling pathway deficiency Susceptibility to mycobacteria and Salmonella spp.
CARD9 deficiency Aspergillus (invasive) Candida (meningo-encephalitis and/or colitis).
TLR signaling pathway deficiency S. pneumoniae, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa (recurrent/severe infections).
- Immuno Deficiency Most Common Pathogens Causing OIs
Diseases of immune dysregulation
[69, 70]
Chediack-Higashi syndrome Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp (respiratory, muco-cutaneous recurrent infections).
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome Recurrent bacterial infections due to neutropenia.
Griscelli syndrome Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp (respiratory, muco-cutaneous recurrent infections).
IPEX S. aureus (skin) Candida spp.
IL10-IL10R deficiency - XLP syndrome EBV (fulminant infections), bacteria and virus (recurrent respiratory infections).
APECED Candida spp (chronic mucocutaneous).
ALPS Bacterial and viral infections due to immunosuppressive drugs.
Others syndromes
[71-74]
Ataxia-teleangectasia H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, Staphylococcus spp (recurrent sinopulmunar infections) herpesvirus. Candida spp (esophagitis).
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome Encapsulated bacteria (recurrent infections) P. jirovecii (pneumonia), Candida spp. (invasive).
Hyper IgE syndromes S. aureus, P. aeruginosa (pulmunary abcsesses, pneumatoceles), P. jirovecii (pneumonia), Candida spp (chronic mucocutaneous).
Di George syndrome (Del 22q11.2) H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, Staphylococcus spp (recurrent sinopulmunar infections) CMV, EBV (viremia).

CVID: Common variable immune deficiency; SCID: Severe combined immunodeficiency; NT: non-tuberculosis; IPEX: immunodysregulation polyendocrinopathy enteropathy X-linked; APECED: autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis–ectodermal dystrophy/dysplasia; ALPS: autoimmune lymphoprolipherative syndrome.