Clinical Study

Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases at Reference and High-Specialty Hospitals in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico

Table 4

Frequency of warning signs proposed by the Jeffrey Modell Foundation in the studied group of patients.

Warning signsStudy group

Need for intravenous antibiotics to clear infections19 (73.08%)
Two or more pneumonias within 1 year14 (53.85%)
Failure of an infant to gain weight or grow normally12 (46.15%)
Two or more deep-seated infections including septicemia11 (42.31%)
Two or more serious sinus infections within 1 year 7 (26.92%)
Four or more new ear infections within 1 year 3 (11.54%)
Recurrent deep skin or organ abscesses3 (11.54%)
Persistent thrush in mouth or fungal infection on skin2 (7.69%)
Two or more months on antibiotics with little effect2 (7.69%)
Family history of primary immunodeficiency0 (0%)