Table 1 Clinical classification of patients with immune deficiency
From: Acute abdomen in the immunocompromised patient: WSES, SIS-E, WSIS, AAST, and GAIS guidelines
| Mild-moderate immune deficiency | |
| Elderly (according to the age and general status of the patient) | |
| Malnourished | |
| Diabetic | |
| Burns | |
| Trauma | |
| Uremic | |
| Active malignancy, not on chemotherapy | |
| HIV with CD4+ count > 200/mm3 | |
| Splenectomized | |
| Severe immune deficiency | |
| AIDS | |
| HIV with CD4+ count < 200/mm3 | |
| Transplant (solid organ, bone marrow) | |
| High-dose steroids (more than 20 mg/day prednisone) | |
| Malignancy on chemotherapy | |
| Neutrophil count < 1000/mm3 |