Article
Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial infection in man.
Swiss medical weekly - 11 Aug 2001
Casanova J L
Abstract excerpt
Selective susceptibility to weakly pathogenic mycobacteria, such as bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine and environmental non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), has long been suspected to be a Mendelian disorder but its molecular basis remained elusive. Recently, mutations in the interferon-gamma receptor ligand-binding chain (IFN gamma R1), interferon-gamma receptor signaling chain (IFN gamma R2), Signal...
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