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Case Report: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteriosis Caused by a Novel GATA2 Variant.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2021
Mika Thomas, Vangala Deepak, Eckhardt Matthias, La Rosée Paul, Lange Christoph, Lehmberg Kai, Wohlschläger Charlotte, Biskup Saskia, Fuchs Ilka, Mann Jasmin, Ehl Stephan, Warnatz Klaus, Schroers Roland
Abstract excerpt
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a disorder of uncontrolled immune activation with distinct clinical features including fever, cytopenia, splenomegaly, and sepsis-like symptoms. In a young adolescent patient a novel germline GATA2 variant (NM_032638.5 (GATA2): c.177C>G, p.Tyr59Ter) was discovered and had resulted in non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection and aggressive HLH. Strikingly, impaired...
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