Table 4.

Prevalence of immunodeficiency symptoms among patients with ectodermal dysplasia syndromes

Symptom	No. (%) of patients
Child has ever had = 8 new ear infections within 1 year	75 (22.4)
Child has ever had = 2 serious sinus infections within 1 year	124 (37.0)
Child has ever had = 2 pneumonias within 1 year	35 (10.4)
Child has ever had = 2 deep-seated infections in lifetime	10 (3.0)
Child has ever had recurrent skin abscesses	23 (6.9)
Child has ever had recurrent deep organ abscesses	0
Child has ever had persistent thrush after 1 year of age	15 (4.3)
Child has ever been on antibiotics for = 2 months with little effect	70 (20.9)
Child has ever needed intravenous antibiotics to clear an infection	53 (15.8)
Child has not, as an infant, gained weight or grown normally	90 (26.9)