Table 3.
Diagnostic and treatment methods.
| Percentage of centers (%) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic method | Clinical history and serum immunoglobulins | 0 |
| Clinical history, serum immunoglobulins and flow cytometry | 39 | |
| Clinical history, serum immunoglobulins, flow cytometry and molecular studies. | 61 | |
| Delay between symptoms and diagnosis | <12 months | 32 |
| 13–24 months | 34 | |
| 25–36 months | 17 | |
| >36 months | 17 | |
| Main treatment strategy | Antibiotics for acute infections as the only treatment | 2 |
| Prophylactic antibiotics without Immunoglobulin replacement | 0 | |
| Immunoglobulin replacement | 98 | |
| Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation | 0 |