Familial disseminated infection due to atypical mycobacteria with childhood onset.

doi:10.1086/514939

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Familial disseminated infection due to atypical mycobacteria with childhood onset.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Oct 1998

Vesterhus P, Holland S M, Abrahamsen T G, Bjerknes R

Abstract excerpt

We describe two brothers of consanguineous Pakistani parents who lived in Norway and had disseminated infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria. The first boy developed clinical signs of disseminated BCG infection after vaccination. He was successfully treated with antimycobacterial agents. T...

Topics

Age of Onset
Child, Preschool
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Interferon-gamma
Male
Mycobacterium avium Complex
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection
Receptors, Interferon
Interferon gamma Receptor

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PMID: 9798040
DOI: 10.1086/514939

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