Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in a patient carrying autoantibody to interferon-γ

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1152-1157

  Ishii, Takashi ^a   Tamura, Atsuhisa ^a   Matsui, Hirotoshi ^a   Nagai, Hideaki ^a   Akagawa, Shinobu ^a   Hebisawa, Akira ^a   Ohta, Ken ^a  

^a TOKYO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibody to interferon ; Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMIKACIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GAMMA INTERFERON; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; SOLUBLE INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABSCESS; MYALGIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SURGICAL CURETTAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION;

EID: 84890856260     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-013-0572-2     Document Type: Article

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