TABLE 2.

Patient characteristics

Condition	No. of patientsa
Childhood onsetb	21
Oral-esophageal Candida	24
Nail Candida	12
Skin Candida	13
Non-Candida infectionsc	13
Autoantibodiesd	5
Family history of CMC	11
AIRE1 mutationse	2

^aA total of 24 CMC patients were included in the study.

^bChildhood onset occurred at ages ranging from 3 months to 7 years.

^cThe patients had bacterial, viral, or other fungal infections but not at the time of sampling.

^dFive patients had parathyroid antibodies, two patients had adrenal antibodies, one patient had a thyroid antibody, one patient had a gastric parietal cell antibody, and one patient had an antinuclear antibody.

^eAll patients were screened for the two AIRE1 mutations most common in the United Kingdom (R257* and 964del13); 1 patient was heterozygous for R257*, and one patient was homozygous for 964del13 (Simon Pearce, University of Newcastle, personal communication).