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Clinical and Experimental Immunology

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Case Studies Chapter 2: Infection Case 2.1 Infectious mononucleosis Case 2.2 Recurrent herpes zoster Case 2.3 Chronic fatigue syndrome Case 2.4 Acute bacterial tonsillitis Case 2.5 Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome Case 2.6 Rheumatic heart disease Case 2.7 Tuberculosis Case 2.8 Acute vulvo-vaginitis Case 2.9 Cerebral malaria Case 2.10 Schistosomiasis Chapter 3: Immunodeficiency Case 3.1 X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (Bruton's disease) Case 3.2 CD40 ligand deficiency Case 3.3 Common variable immunodeficiency disorders [CVID] Case 3.4 IgA and IgG subclass deficiencies Case 3.5 Severe combined immunodeficiency Case 3.6 IRAK 4 deficiency Case 3.7 Chronic granulomatous disease Case 3.8 IL-12 receptor deficiency Case 3.9 Isolated deficiency of complement component Case 3.10 Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: Kaposi’s sarcoma Case 3.11 Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: persistent generalized lymphadenopathy Case 3.12 Listeria monocytogenes meningitis after immunosuppression for SLE Chapter 4: Anaphylaxis and Allergy Case 4.1 Wasp venom anaphylaxis Case 4.2 Latex-induced anaphylaxis Case 4.3 Drug-induced reaction Case 4.4 Seasonal allergic conjunctivitis Case 4.5 Perennial allergic rhinitis Case 4.6 Allergic asthma Case 4.7 Oral allergy syndrome Case 4.8 Cow's milk allergy Case 4.9 Nut allergy Case 4.10 Is this food allergy? Case 4.11 Chronic urticaria and angioedema Case 4.12 Atopic eczema Chapter 5: Autoimmunity Case 5.1 Is this rheumatoid arthritis? Case 5.2 Myasthenia gravis and neonatal myasthenia gravis Case 5.3 Primary autoimmune hypothyroidism Case 5.4 IL-2 treatment and rheumatoid arthritis Case 5.5 Fungal infections, fits and hypocalcaemia Case 5.6 Lymphocyte-depleting monoclonal antibody treatments for multiple sclerosis and Graves’ disease Case 5.7 Guillain–Barré syndrome Case 5.8 Minocycline-induced systemic lupus erythematosus Chapter 6: Lymphoproliferative Disorders Case 6.1 Acute leukaemia (common type) Case 6.2 Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia Case 6.3 Sézary syndrome Case 6.4 Hairy cell leukaemia Case 6.5 Hodgkin's disease Case 6.6 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Case 6.7 Multiple myeloma Case 6.8 Benign paraproteinaemia Case 6.9 Waldenströms macroglobulinaemia Chapter 7: Immune Manipulation Case 7.1 Epstein-Barr virus-induced lymphoma in a transplant recipient Case 7.2 Pneumocystis pneumonia complicating immunosuppressive therapy Case 7.3 Severe rheumatoid arthritis treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha antibodies Case 7.4 Kawasaki's disease treated with intravenous immunoglobulin Case 7.5 Fatal pneumococcal sepsis 8 years following splenectomy Chapter 8: Transplantation Case 8.1 Acute rejection Case 8.2 Primary cytomegalovirus infection in a renal transplant recipient Case 8.3 Bone marrow transplantation for acute myeloid leukaemia Case 8.4 Graft-versus-host disease in an infant with severe combined immune deficiency Chapter 9: Kidney Diseases Case 9.1 IgA nephropathy Case 9.2 Henoch–Schönlein nephritis Case 9.3 Post streptococcal glomerulonephritis Case 9.4 Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis—type II Case 9.5 Anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis Case 9.6 Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis Case 9.7 Minimal-change nephropathy Case 9.8 Membranous glomerulonephritis Case 9.9 Idiopathic AL amyloid Case 9.10 Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis Case 9.11 Myeloma kidney Chapter 10: Joints and Muscles Case 10.1 Septic arthritis Case 10.2 Rheumatoid arthritis Case 10.3 Fibrosing alveolitis in rheumatoid arthritis Case 10.4 Ankylosing spondylitis Case 10.5 Reiter's disease Case 10.6 Behçet's syndrome Case 10.7 Juvenile chronic arthritis Case 10.8 Systemic lupus erythematosus Case 10.9 Mild systemic lupus erythematosus Case 10.10 Mixed connective tissue disease Case 10.11 Sjögren's syndrome Case 10.12 Polyarteritis nodosa Case 10.13 Polymyalgia rheumatica Case 10.14 Polymyositis Chapter 11: Skin Diseases Case 11.1 Recurrent cold sores Case 11.2 Nickel dermatitis Case 11.3 Atopic eczema Case 11.4 Atopic eczema Case 11.5 Pemphigus vulgaris Case 11.6 Hereditary angioedema Case 11.7 Urticarial vasculitis Case 11.8 Mixed cryoglobulinaemia Case 11.9 Sub-acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus Case 11.10 Systemic sclerosis Chapter 12: Eye Diseases Case 12.1 Conjunctival infection Case 12.2 Allergic conjunctivitis Case 12.3 Atopic keratoconjunctivitis Case 12.4 Stevens–Johnson syndrome Case 12.5 Behcet’s disease Case 12.6 Lens-induced uveitis Case 12.7 Reiter’s disease Chapter 13: Chest Diseases Case 13.1 Pneumonia and chronic lymphatic leukaemia Case 13.2 Pulmonary tuberculosis Case 13.3 Sarcoidosis Case 13.4 Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Case 13.5 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis: farmers' lung Case 13.6 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis: bird fanciers' lung Case 13.7 Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis Case 13.8 Kawasaki's disease Case 13.9 Takayasu's arteritis Chapter 14: Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Case 14.1 Pernicious anaemia Case 14.2 Coeliac disease Case 14.3 Crohn's disease Case 14.4 Hepatitis A Case 14.5 Hepatitis C-induced liver disease Case 14.6 Autoimmune hepatitis Case 14.7 Primary biliary cirrhosis Case 14.8 Acquired immune deficiency syndrome presenting as Salmonella enteritis Chapter 15: Endocrinology and Diabetes Case 15.1 Graves' disease Case 15.2 Hashimoto's thyroiditis Case 15.3 Primary myxoedema Case 15.4 Diabetes mellitus Case 15.5 Addison's disease Case 15.6 Autoimmune male infertility Case 15.7 Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy Chapter 16: Haematological Diseases Case 16.1 Primary autoimmune haemolytic anaemia Case 16.2 Cold haemagglutinin disease Case 16.3 Cephalosporin-induced haemolytic anaemia Case 16.4 Immune thrombocytopenia Case 16.5 Neonatal alloimmune diseases Case 16.6 Primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome Case 16.7 Transmission of hepatitis C by a blood product Chapter 17: Neuroimmunology Case 17.1 Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis Case 17.2 Multiple sclerosis Case 17.3 Myasthenia gravis Case 17.4 Guillain-Barré syndrome Case 17.5 Chronic inflammatory peripheral neuropathy Case 17.6 Systemic lupus erythematosus Chapter 18: Pregnancy Case 18.1 A mother infected with Listeria Case 18.2 Hypogammaglobulinaemia of prematurity Case 18.3 Recurrent spontaneous abortion Case 18.4 Systemic lupus erythematosus Case 18.5 Transient neonatal Graves’ disease Case 18.6 Haemolytic disease of the newborn