Table 3

Summary of selected interventions attempted and outcome for each of the children within the cohort

CaseInterventionsOutcome
Regular transfusionsIVIg replacementBMTAlive/DeadAge at deathTerminal event/Cause of death
Yes Yes No Dead 14 y Sepsis with multiorgan failure and toxic epidermal necrolysis (attributed to a cephalosporin) 
No Yes No (awaited) Alive (7 y) n/a n/a 
Yes Yes No Dead 61 mo Multiorgan failure 
Yes Yes No Dead 4 y Admission with seizures, hypokalemia and fevers; rapid onset multiorgan failure; adrenal hemorrhage on autopsy 
Yes No Dead 56 mo Arrived in shock with severe hypoglycemia; died within hours in multiorgan failure 
Yes Yes No Dead 25 mo Cardiac failure secondary to cardiomyopathy (not related to iron overload) 
Yes Yes No Dead 16 mo Multiorgan failure (pneumonitis; cardiac failure) 
Yes Yes No Alive (19 y) n/a n/a 
No No No Alive (5 y) n/a n/a 
10 Yes Yes No Dead 28 mo Cardiac failure secondary to cardiomyopathy (not related to iron overload) 
11 Yes* Yes* Yes (aged 9 mo) Alive (4 y) n/a n/a 
12 Yes No No Alive (45 mo) n/a n/a 
CaseInterventionsOutcome
Regular transfusionsIVIg replacementBMTAlive/DeadAge at deathTerminal event/Cause of death
Yes Yes No Dead 14 y Sepsis with multiorgan failure and toxic epidermal necrolysis (attributed to a cephalosporin) 
No Yes No (awaited) Alive (7 y) n/a n/a 
Yes Yes No Dead 61 mo Multiorgan failure 
Yes Yes No Dead 4 y Admission with seizures, hypokalemia and fevers; rapid onset multiorgan failure; adrenal hemorrhage on autopsy 
Yes No Dead 56 mo Arrived in shock with severe hypoglycemia; died within hours in multiorgan failure 
Yes Yes No Dead 25 mo Cardiac failure secondary to cardiomyopathy (not related to iron overload) 
Yes Yes No Dead 16 mo Multiorgan failure (pneumonitis; cardiac failure) 
Yes Yes No Alive (19 y) n/a n/a 
No No No Alive (5 y) n/a n/a 
10 Yes Yes No Dead 28 mo Cardiac failure secondary to cardiomyopathy (not related to iron overload) 
11 Yes* Yes* Yes (aged 9 mo) Alive (4 y) n/a n/a 
12 Yes No No Alive (45 mo) n/a n/a 

n/a, not applicable.

*

Child 11’s transfusion dependence and immunodeficiency fully resolved after BMT.

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