Table 3.

Characteristics of patients available for active search vs. patients referred to the outpatient clinic for primary immunodeficiency in RH.

Active search	Patients referred
Early diagnosis and immediate intervention	Late diagnosis and intervention rarely immediate
Continuing medical education	Insufficient knowledge of professionals about warning signs
Higher impact on quality of life and mortality rates	Lower impact on quality of life and mortality rates
Lower number of hospitalizations and less antibiotics use	Increased number of hospitalizations and necessity for antibiotics
Lower prevalence of associated comorbidities	Late diagnosis is associated with higher prevalence of associated comorbidities