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Severe mycobacterial infections in two pairs of Chinese siblings with interleukin-12 receptor β1 deficiency

Authors: P. P. W. Lee, L. P. Jiang, X. C. Wang, K. W. Chan, W. W. Tu, Y. L. Lau

Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 2/2008

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IL-12β1 deficiency is characterized by selective susceptibility to weakly virulent organisms, including Mycobacterium bovis BCG, non-tuberculous environmental mycobacteria and non-typhoidal salmonellosis. We report here on three cases of Bacille Calmette-Gurin (BCG) disease and one case of disseminated tuberculosis (TB) in two pairs of Chinese siblings with IL-12Rβ1 deficiency. …

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Title: Severe mycobacterial infections in two pairs of Chinese siblings with interleukin-12 receptor β1 deficiency
Authors: P. P. W. Lee
L. P. Jiang
X. C. Wang
K. W. Chan
W. W. Tu
Y. L. Lau
Publication date: 01-02-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 0340-6199
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1076
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0430-2

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