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a 3 month old boy has had recurrent infections of the respiratory, intestinal and urinary tracts since birth. infectious agents have included candida albicans, pneumocystis carinii, and cytomegalovirus. despite antibiotics and antifungals, he dies at 5 months of age. an autopsy would show:

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Based on the medical history of the deceased 3-month-old boy, an autopsy performed on the boy would show :

  • Small lymph nodes with very few to no T cells.
  • Few to no germinal centres.

From what's said in the question, it seems like the boy has severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). SCID is a group of disorders that is caused by mutations in different genes involved in the development and function of immune cells in a body. A baby that suffers from SCID tends to appear healthy at birth but is highly risky to gain severe infections from their surroundings. Any infection that happens to a person with SCID will highly endanger their health and can be fatal.

Learn more about SCID at https://brainly.com/question/15526421

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