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Mycobacterium fortuitum-chelonae complex infection in a child with complete interleukin-12 receptor beta 1 deficiency.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 May 2001
Aksu G, Tirpan C, Cavuşoğlu C, Soydan S, Altare F, Casanova J L, Kutukculer N
Abstract excerpt
A 10-year-old boy had chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, severe weight loss and hepatomegaly; multiple enlarged para-aortic and mesenteric lymph nodes. Mycobacterium fortuitum-chelonae complex was identified in the culture of the lymph nodes. Interleukin-12 receptor beta 1 expression could not be...
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