defects in humoral defences
Last reviewed 01/2018
DEFENCE: DISORDERED INFECTIVE FUNCTION WITH: COMPLICATION:
- non-specific e.g. lysozyme, IFN
- acute phase congenital Neisseria spp. proteins complement e.g. complement deficiency
- specific hypogamma- reccurrent infection antibodies globulinaemia H. influenzae Strep. pneumoniae
Ref: Cohen J., Medicine International, Vol 21:1, January 1993 p 14.