Treatment of relapsing Mycobacterium avium infection with interferon-gamma and interleukin-2 in an HIV-negative patient with low CD4 syndrome

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Sternfeld, T ^a,b   Nigg, A ^b   Belohradsky, B H ^b   Bogner, J R ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Idiopathic CD4 T lymphopenia; Interferon gamma; Interleukin 2; Mycobacterium avium infection

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; PROLEUKIN S; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2; RIFABUTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; RECURRENT INFECTION; RELAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; RECURRENCE; SYNDROME;

EID: 77957367080     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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