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A 12-year-old girl is brought to the pediatrician by her mother because of a fever. The physician notes that the girl has features of albinism and the mother states that her daughter has always looked the way she does. The physician diagnoses the girl with a staphylococcal infection and prescribes a course of antibiotics. Three months later, the child returns to the pediatrician with another streptococcal infection. The patient’s medical records indicate that she has had repeated bouts of staphylococcal and streptococcal infections for her entire life. This patient most likely has which of the following types of immune deficiency?
(A) Chédiak-Higashi disease
(B) Chronic granulomatous disease
(C) Hyper-IgM syndrome
(D) Selective IgA deficiency
(E) Severe combined immunodeficiency
A 12-year-old girl is brought to the pediatrician by her mother because of a fever. The physician notes that the girl has features of albinism and the mother states that her daughter has always looked the way she does. The physician diagnoses the girl with a staphylococcal infection and prescribes a course of antibiotics. Three months later, the child returns to the pediatrician with another streptococcal infection. The patient’s medical records indicate that she has had repeated bouts of staphylococcal and streptococcal infections for her entire life. This patient most likely has which of the following types of immune deficiency?
(A) Chédiak-Higashi disease
(B) Chronic granulomatous disease
(C) Hyper-IgM syndrome
(D) Selective IgA deficiency
(E) Severe combined immunodeficiency
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