Immunosuppression

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• Causes

  • Hyposplenism
  • Immunosuppressant drug
  • Chemotheraputic drug
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Bone marrow suppression
  • Hypogammaglobulinaemia
  • Cushing syndrome
  • Ehrlichiosis

• Effects

  • Lymphopaenia
  • Neutropenia
  • Candida endophthalmitis
  • Invasive aspergillosis
  • Malignant melanoma
  • Squamous cell skin cancer
  • Molluscum contagiosum
  • Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Opportunistic infection
  • Trigger for viral infection

• Parents

  • Immunological pathology