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BCG-osis and tuberculosis in a child with chronic granulomatous disease.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Jul 2007
Bustamante Jacinta, Aksu Guzide, Vogt Guillaume, de Beaucoudrey Ludovic, Genel Ferah, Chapgier Ariane, Filipe-Santos Orchidée, Feinberg Jacqueline, Emile Jean-François, Kutukculer Necil, Casanova Jean-Laurent
Abstract excerpt
A few known primary immunodeficiencies confer predisposition to clinical disease caused by weakly virulent mycobacteria, such as BCG vaccines (regional disease, known as BCG-itis, or disseminated disease, known as BCG-osis), or more virulent mycobacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (pulmonary and disseminated tuberculosis). We investigated the clinical and genetic features of a 12-year-old boy with both...
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