Microbiology: A Systems Approach 4th Edition by Marjorie Kelly Cowan

Exercise 8

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These questions can be approached from a number of angles and, in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
a. Explain which have a greater impact on immune function and patient health: T-cell deficiencies or B-cell deficiencies.
b. A patient in your unit exhibits frequent bouts of microbial infections and is found to produce extremely low levels of IgG and IgM antibodies. Your colleague suggests that the patient receive numerous vaccinations against a broad spectrum of common pathogens; you disagree. Why Explain another treatment that may be beneficial to this patient.