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1

Given the immunologic abnormalities of normal serum IgG, normal serum IgA, normal serum IgM, decreased T-cell function, and decreased parathyroid function, which clinical presentation is most likely?

AA 1-year-old boy with severe eczema, recurrent middle-ear infections, lymphopenia, and thrombocytopenia

BA 9-year-old boy with an eczema-like rash and recurrent severe staphylococcal infections

CA 5-year-old boy who, after 3 months of age, developed recurrent otitis media, pneumonia, diarrhea, and sinusitis, often with simultaneous infections at two or more disparate sites

DA distinctive-appearing 8-month-old boy with an interrupted aortic arch, hypocalcemia, and cleft palate

2

Which one of the following statements is false regarding chronic granulomatous disease?

AIt is an autosomal dominant disease

BRecurrent staphylococcal infections are usual in this disease

CNitro blue tetrazolium test is useful for screening

DIt is characterized by abnormal bacterial phagocytosis

3

Which of the following statements about Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome is false?

AAutosomal Recessive disorder

BImpaired platelet aggregation in response to agonist

CThrombocytopenia

DEczematous Rash

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