Type: Immunodeficiency

Chronic granulomatous disease

Phagocyte oxidative-burst defect with recurrent catalase-positive infections and granulomas.

Ataxia-telangiectasia

DNA-repair disorder with progressive ataxia, oculocutaneous telangiectasia, immunodeficiency and cancer risk.

Common variable immunodeficiency

Commonest symptomatic primary antibody deficiency with low immunoglobulins and recurrent infections.

DiGeorge syndrome

Microdeletion disorder with thymic hypoplasia, cardiac defects, hypocalcemia and facial features.

Hyper-IgE syndrome

Primary immunodeficiency with very high IgE, eczema, recurrent skin/lung infections and connective-tissue features.

Severe combined immunodeficiency

Profound T-cell (and often B/NK) deficiency presenting with life-threatening infections in infancy; newborn-screened.

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Triad of eczema, microthrombocytopenia and immunodeficiency.

X-linked agammaglobulinemia

Failure of B-cell maturation with near-absent immunoglobulins and recurrent bacterial infections.