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Innate defects of the IL-12/IFN-γ axis in susceptibility to infections by mycobacteria and salmonella.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 May 2014
Ramirez-Alejo Noé, Santos-Argumedo Leopoldo
Abstract excerpt
Since 1996, several studies characterizing the association between primary immunodeficiencies and susceptibility to infections with environmental and non-pathogenic mycobacteria such as the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus of Calmette Guérin strain) as well as disseminated infections by Salmonella spp. have been conducted. These conditions, grouped in the so-called Mendelian susceptibility...
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