defective host defenses
Last reviewed 01/2018
Defects in the host's immune system and physical defenses may cause bronchiectasis, including:
- primary and secondary immunoglobulin deficiency
- complement deficiency
- phagocyte deficits
- chronic granulomatous disease
- Chediak-Higashi disease
- leukocyte adherence deficiency
- allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
- post-lung transplantation
- immotile cilia syndrome
- Kartagener's syndrome
- Young's syndrome
- cystic fibrosis