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Cryptococcal pneumonia in an adolescent with a gain-of-function variant in signal transduction and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1).
BMJ case reports - 22 Apr 2020
Marinelli Lisa, Ristagno Elizabeth, Fischer Philip, Abraham Roshini, Joshi Avni
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An adolescent male with a history of autoimmune enteropathy, autoimmune hypothyroidism, aphthous stomatitis and recurrent oral Candida infections only in the setting of curative antibiotic courses presented with cryptococcal pneumonia and perihilar adenitis, which was successfully treated with antifungal therapy. The patient had a complex history with several immunological anomalies. Whole exome sequencing...
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