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Familial disseminated atypical mycobacterial disease
1Department of Paediatrics, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK.
Immunology Letters
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
Mycobacterial disease remains a major public health problem and there appears to be a genetic component underlying susceptibility. This paper describes a group of related children who appear to have a genetic predisposition to disseminated atypical mycobacterial infection. Identification of the defect in this group could lead to better understanding of the genetics of susceptibility to mycobacterial infection.