Which of the following statements regarding inherited immunodeficiency diseases is correct?
a. Affected individuals are less susceptible to infection.
b. Mortality rates are reduced by the administration of antibiotics to affected individuals.
c. Most deficiency syndromes are caused by dominant gene defects.
d. Women are more likely than men to inherit X-linked immunodeficiencies.
e. Extracellular bacterial infections are common in deficiency syndromes with T-cell defects.
B
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