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Case Report
Disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection due to interferon γ deficiency. Response to replacement therapy
Abstract
The case of a previously healthy HIV seronegative woman with disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and markedly reduced interferon γ production is reported here. Complete healing of her disseminated lesions was seen only after addition of subcutaneous interferon γ to her tuberculosis treatment.
- IFN, interferon
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↵* These authors contributed equally to this paper.
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Competing interests: None declared.
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Informed consent has been obtained from the patient for publication of her details in this paper.