q4 - kola

[ArchivalUser]

A general practitioner refers to you for evaluation a 3-year-old boy with frequent infections. You note the child to have a loud systolic murmur, posteriorly rotated ears that are small and low-set, down-slanting and widely spaced eyes, a small jaw, and an upturned nose. At birth the child spent 2 weeks in the nursery for œlow calcium and seizures, and still receives calcium supplementation, but the mother does not know why. You would like to order a rapid diagnostic test for this child. Match the clinical condition with the most appropriate diagnostic laboratory test ?

Options:

1. Intradermal skin test using Candida albicans

2. Platelet count

3. CBC demonstrating Howell-Jolly bodies

4. Nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) test

5. Serum immunoglobulin levels

[ArchivalUser]

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[ArchivalUser]

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[ArchivalUser]

The Correct Answer is: Intradermal skin test using Candida albicans
An intradermal skin test using Candida albicans will result in no response in the patient with T-cell deficiencies[di georges syndrome].