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Interleukin-12 receptor beta 1 chain deficiency in a child with disseminated tuberculosis.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Mar 2005
Ozbek Namik, Fieschi Claire, Yilmaz Bafak T, de Beaucoudrey Ludovic, Demirhan Beyhan, Feinberg Jacqueline, Bikmaz Yunus Emre, Casanova Jean-Laurent
Abstract excerpt
An 11-year-old girl who presented with disseminated tuberculosis associated with secondary hemophagocytosis received a diagnosis of interleukin-12 receptor beta 1 chain deficiency. This diagnosis of immunodeficiency should, therefore, be considered for children with disseminated tuberculosis, even in the absence of any personal or familial history of prior infection by weakly pathogenic Salmonella and...
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