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¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT monitoring of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection in a child with interleukin-12 receptor β-1 deficiency

Authors: Ana Mendez-Echevarria, Sonia Rodado-Marina, Monica Coronado-Poggio, Teresa Del Rosal

Published in: Infection | Issue 3/2019

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We report a 6-year-old girl with interleukin-12 receptor β-1 (IL-12Rβ1) deficiency due to a homozygous deletion (g.1019_1020delAC) affecting codon His-339 in exon nine [1], and a mycobacterial infection by M.genavense with intestinal and mesenteric involvement, diagnosed by PCR in small bowel biopsy, with negative cultures and no antimicrobial susceptibility data. …

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Title: 18F-FDG PET/CT monitoring of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection in a child with interleukin-12 receptor β-1 deficiency
Authors: Ana Mendez-Echevarria
Sonia Rodado-Marina
Monica Coronado-Poggio
Teresa Del Rosal
Publication date: 01-06-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Infection / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-018-1225-2

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