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Refractory disseminated coccidioidomycosis and mycobacteriosis in interferon-gamma receptor 1 deficiency.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Sept 2009
Vinh Donald C, Masannat Fares, Dzioba Robert B, Galgiani John N, Holland Steven M
Abstract excerpt
Severe coccidioidomycosis is rare, and specific genetic susceptibility to the disease remains unidentified. We describe a patient with disseminated recalcitrant coccidioidomycosis with autosomal dominant interferon-gamma receptor 1 deficiency caused by a heterozygous IFNGR1 818del4 mutation. Ther...
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