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Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in a child with partial dominant interferon gamma receptor 1 deficiency in India.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Jul 2015
Sharma Varun K, Pai Gautham, Deswarte Caroline, Lodha Rakesh, Singh Sarman, Kang Liew Woei, Yin Chong Chia, Casanova Jean-Laurent, Bustamante Jacinta, Kabra Sushil K
Abstract excerpt
Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD) is a rare condition characterized by clinical disease caused by weakly virulent mycobacteria. All genes mutated in MSMD patients are involved in IFN-γ immunity. Autosomal partial dominant (PD) interferon-γ receptor 1 (IFN-γR1) deficiency is the most frequent abnormality affecting the group of MSMD patients leading to impaired response of IFN-γ. We describe...
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