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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Immunol.

Sec. Primary Immunodeficiencies

Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1653685

First Report from the Czech National Registry of Inborn Errors of Immunity (2012-2025) NUMBER OF WORDS: 3764 NUMBER OF TABLES: 9 NUMBER OF FIGURES: 6

Provisionally accepted
Zita  ChovancovaZita Chovancova1Eva  HlavackovaEva Hlavackova2Roman  HaklRoman Hakl2Tomas  MilotaTomas Milota3,4Pavlina  KralickovaPavlina Kralickova5Ivana  MalkusovaIvana Malkusova6Beata  HutyrovaBeata Hutyrova7Michaela  SafarovaMichaela Safarova8Jana  VydlakovaJana Vydlakova9Dalibor  JilekDalibor Jilek10Jiri  NovakJiri Novak11Helena  SchneiderovaHelena Schneiderova12Petra  KralovaPetra Kralova13Alena  ZimulovaAlena Zimulova14Vitezslav  NovakVitezslav Novak15Jaromir  BystronJaromir Bystron16Dita  ZaveskaDita Zaveska17Vendula  LatalovaVendula Latalova18Frantisek  KoprivaFrantisek Kopriva19Martin  KaslMartin Kasl20Vladimir  KracikVladimir Kracik21Renata  FormankovaRenata Formankova22Petr  SedlacekPetr Sedlacek23Karolina  VytiskovaKarolina Vytiskova24Michal  SvobodaMichal Svoboda24Hana  NovakovaHana Novakova24Jiri  LitzmanJiri Litzman25*
  • 1Masaryk Universiry, Faculty of Medicine, Dept Clin Immunol. Allergol, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
  • 2Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Dept Clin Immunol. Allergol, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
  • 3Second Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Univerzita Karlova, Prague, Czechia
  • 4Fakultni nemocnice v Motole, Prague, Czechia
  • 5Charles University in Hradec Kralove, Dept Clin Immunol. Allergol, Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czechia
  • 6Dept Allergol Clin Immunol, University Hospital Pilsen, Univerzita Karlova Lekarska fakulta v Plzni, Pilsen, Czechia
  • 7Dept Allergol. Clin. Immunol., Fakultni nemocnice Olomouc, Olomouc, Czechia
  • 8Chales University, First Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Immunology and Microbiology, Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze, Prague, Czechia
  • 9Dept. Clin. Immunol. Allergol, Institut klinicke a experimentalni mediciny, Prague, Czechia
  • 10Dept Clin Immunol Allergol, Masarykova nemocnice Usti nad Labem oz, Ústí nad Labem, Czechia
  • 11Centre Clin. Immunol., Nemocnice Ceske Budejovice a s, Ceske Budejovice, Czechia
  • 12Masaryk University, Dept Pediatr, Fakultni nemocnice Brno, Brno, Czechia
  • 13Dept. Allergol. Clin. Immunol., Fakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czechia
  • 14Dept. Pulmonary .Med., Krajska Nemocnice Tomase Bati as, Zlin, Czechia
  • 15Dept. Immunol., Zdravotni ustav se sidlem v Ostrav, Ostrava, Czechia
  • 16Dept. Allergol. Clin. Immunol., Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia
  • 17Charles University in Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Medicine,, Dept Pediatrics, Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czechia
  • 18Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Dept. Pediatrics, Univerzita Palackeho v Olomouci, Olomouc, Czechia
  • 19Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Dept .Peditrics., Univerzita Palackeho v Olomouci, Olomouc, Czechia
  • 20Kasmed Ltd, Tabor., Tabor, Czechia
  • 21Dept. Clin Mikrobiol, Imunol., Krajska Nemocnice Liberec as, Liberec, Czechia
  • 22Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine, Dept. Pediatr. Hematol. and Oncol., Fakultni nemocnice v Motole, Prague, Czechia
  • 23Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine, Dept Pediatr Hemtol. Oncol., Fakultni nemocnice v Motole, Prague, Czechia
  • 24Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Brno, Czechia
  • 25Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. Clin. Immunol .Allergol., St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia

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Congenital immune system defects represent an ever-growing group of diseases characterized by increased susceptibility to infections and association with autoimmune, autoinflammatory, allergic and malignant complications. Here, we provide the first comprehensive report on inborn errors of immunity (IEIs) in Czechia based on the analysis of patient data from the Czech national registry (CzNR) of IEIs.The online platform of CzNR of IEIs was established in 2012, compiling data about epidemiology, type of diagnosis, clinical and laboratory parameters, as well as the treatment of patients diagnosed with IEIs since 1981.The total of 1,443 registered patients includes 697 males (48.3%) and 746 females (51.7%). The median age at diagnosis was 21.0 (0-86) years. The most represented group of patients was those with antibody deficiencies (No=788; 54.6%). This was followed by complement deficiencies (No=242; 16.8%), combined immunodeficiencies with syndromic features (No=250; 17.3%), combined immunodeficiencies (No=55; 3.8%), congenital defects of phagocyte number, function, or both (No=31; 2.1%), autoinflammatory disorders (No=28; 1.9%), immune dysregulation diseases (No=24; 1.7%), intrinsic and innate immunity defects (No=21; 1.5%), primary immunodeficiency phenocopies (No=3; 0.2%), and bone marrow failure disorders (No=1; 0.1%). Common variable immunodeficiency (No=504; 34.9%), hereditary angioedema (No=222; 15.4%), and DiGeorge syndrome (No=182; 12.6%) were the most frequent diagnoses.In this article, we report the epidemiology of IEIs in the Czech Republic for the first time based on the CzNR of IEIs data. The prevalence of IEIs is approximately 13.2 patients per 100000 inhabitants of the Czech Republic. psychiatric medication (primarily clozapine). A separate section was dedicated to the treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks. Patients with multiple overlapping phenotypes were entered into the registry according to their primary diagnosis based on the IUIS classification, even if they suffered from additional associated immunopathological complications.The Czech Republic, located in Central Europe, has nearly 11 million inhabitants and an area of 78,866 km 2 . It is divided into 14 self-governing regions. Almost all regions have medical facilities that provide care for patients with PIDs/IEIsIEIs and contribute data to the CzNR of PIDs/IEIsIEIs.

Keywords: Registry, Report, Primary immunodeficiency, inborn errors of immunity, Czech national registry

Received: 25 Jun 2025; Accepted: 11 Aug 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Chovancova, Hlavackova, Hakl, Milota, Kralickova, Malkusova, Hutyrova, Safarova, Vydlakova, Jilek, Novak, Schneiderova, Kralova, Zimulova, Novak, Bystron, Zaveska, Latalova, Kopriva, Kasl, Kracik, Formankova, Sedlacek, Vytiskova, Svoboda, Novakova and Litzman. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Jiri Litzman, Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. Clin. Immunol .Allergol., St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia

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