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Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with Mycobacterium bovis in a patient with X-SCID: a case report.
BMC infectious diseases - 29 Sept 2020
Shi Buyun, Chen Ming, Xia Zhi, Xiao Shuna, Tang Wen, Qin Chenguang, Cheng Ying, Huang Tao, Huang Chengjiao, Li Yong, Xu Hui
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium bovis could infect patients with immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive conditions via Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination. Tuberculosis-related hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is reported, but not HPS caused by Mycobacterium bovis in children. CASE PRESENTATION: A 4-month Chinese boy presented fever and cough. The initial laboratory investigation showed the lymphocyte count of...
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