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Combined IL-12 receptor and IgA deficiency in an adult man intestinally infested by an unknown, non-cultivable mycobacterium.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Dec 2011
Schejbel L, Rasmussen E M, Kemp H B, Lundstedt A-C, Nielsen K R, Obel N, Marquart H, Andersen A B
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-12 receptor deficiency is a well-described cause of human susceptibility to infection with low-virulent mycobacteria and Salmonella species. We identified a male patient presenting in his late forties with severe gastroenteropathy because of outbred infestation by a previously unknown mycobacterium. In addition to selective IgA deficiency, the patient was found to carry a not previously described...
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