Disseminated mycobacterium avium complex infection in a patient with autoantibody to interferon-γ

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1005-1009

  Tanaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Hori, Toshiyuki ^a   Ito, Ken ^a   Fujita, Tomoko ^a   Ishikawa, Takayuki ^a   Uchiyama, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Interferon ; Mycobacterium avium complex

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DANAPAROID; ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEVER; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; JAPANESE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALAISE; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEPSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BACTEREMIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; JAPAN; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34547871258     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6452     Document Type: Article

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