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Multifocal osteomyelitis caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients with a genetic defect of the interferon-gamma receptor.
The Netherlands journal of medicine - 1 Sept 2001
Arend S M, Janssen R, Gosen J J, Waanders H, de Boer T, Ottenhoff T H, van Dissel J T
Abstract excerpt
We describe three patients with multifocal osteomyelitis caused by Mycobacterium avium and a family history of one or more first degree family members diagnosed with various clinical presentations of infections with nontuberculous mycobacteria. There was a significant delay in the diagnosis and they had a protracted course of their illness, which responded only slowly to prolonged multi-drug treatment. In one...
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