Disseminated Mycobacterium peregrinum infection in a child with complete interferon-gamma receptor-1 deficiency

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 378-380

  Koscielniak, Ewa ^a   De Boer, Tjitske ^b   Dupuis, Stephanie ^c   Naumann, Ludmila ^d   Casanova, Jean Laurent ^c   Ottenhoff, Tom H M ^b  

^a OLGAHOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c U Immunol/Hematologie Pediatriques   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma receptor 1 deficiency; Mycobacterium peregrinum infection, disseminated mycobacterial disease, infection and interferon gamma receptor 1 deficiency

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CEFACLOR; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRINOGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; NULL ALLELE; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0037395530     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000060181.71042.b5     Document Type: Article

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