After Years of Going to Different Physicians with Vague Symptoms

After years of going to different physicians with vague symptoms, a 55-year-old client with a history of Hodgkin disease has been diagnosed with a secondary immunodeficiency syndrome. The client asks the nurse what this means. The nurse knows from the following list of characteristics that secondary immunodeficiency disorders: Select all that apply.

A) may be inherited as a sex-linked trait.
B) usually develop later in life.
C) may be a result of chemotherapy being used to treat a cancer.
D) can result from frequent recurring Staphylococcus aureus infections.
E) can occur in a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient taking corticosteroids daily.

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