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Invasive pneumococcal disease

Genetic susceptibility to pneumococcal infections is a condition caused by mutations in various genes.

Systematic

Disposition to infections
Disorders of mRNA editing
Familial candidiasis
Genetic susceptibility to aspergillosis
HIV resistance
IRAK4 deficiency
Invasive pneumococcal disease
Invasive pneumococcal disease 1
IRAK4
Invasive pneumococcal disease 2
IKBKG
Invasive pneumococcal disease 3
TIRAP
Measles infection susceptibility
Meningococcal infection susceptibility
Resistance to trypanosoma brucei
Septic shock
Susceptibility to bacteremia 1
Susceptibility to malaria
Susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases
Susceptibility to pseudomonas infection
X-linked mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases due to IKBKG deficiency

References:

1.

Khor CC et al. (2007) A Mal functional variant is associated with protection against invasive pneumococcal disease, bacteremia, malaria and tuberculosis.

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2.

Ku CL et al. (2007) IRAK4 and NEMO mutations in otherwise healthy children with recurrent invasive pneumococcal disease.

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