Article
[Multifocal infection due to Mycobacterium intracellulare: first case of interferon gamma receptor partial dominant deficiency in tropical French territory].
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - 1 Mar 2007
Muszlak M, Chapgier A, Barry Harivelo R, Castella C, Crémades F, Goulois E, Laporte R, Casanova J-L, Ranaivoarivony V, Hebert J-C, Santiago J, Picard C
Abstract excerpt
Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections are rare in immunocompetent children, and usually present as adenitis. We report a case of a 6-year-old girl with a multifocal chronic osteomyelitis and pulmonary localisation due to Mycobacterium intracellulare associated with an autosomal dominant mutation of interferon gamma receptor 1 gene (INFGR1) leading to a syndrome of mendelian predisposition to mycobacteria...
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