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Variable presentation of disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in a family with an interferon-gamma receptor mutation.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Sept 2004
Han Jin-Young, Rosenzweig Sergio D, Church Joseph A, Holland Steven M, Ross Lawrence A
Abstract excerpt
A previously healthy 13-year-old child who had disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection is described. Further history revealed disseminated mycobacterial infections in the patient's father and uncle, starting at 9 years old and 1 year old, respectively. Autosomal dominant interferon- gamma receptor mutation was subsequently identified. Clinical variability among the affected members of the same family is...
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