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Review
. 2016 Jun;22(6):1124-1126.
doi: 10.3201/eid2206.151860.

Interferon-γ Autoantibodies as Predisposing Factor for Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection

Florent Valour, Thomas Perpoint, Agathe Sénéchal, Xiao-Fei Kong, Jacinta Bustamante, Tristan Ferry, Christian Chidiac, Florence Ader; Lyon TB study group
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Interferon-γ Autoantibodies as Predisposing Factor for Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection

Florent Valour et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: Herpesviridae; Interleukine 12; Laos; Mycobacterium; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; antibody; antimycobacteria; autoantibodies; avium; bacteria; fortuitum; immunodeficiency; interferon-gamma; interferon-γ; intracellulare; monoclonal; non-tuberculous; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

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