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Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Infection Complicated with Chylous Ascites in a Patient with Neutralizing Autoantibodies to Interferon-γ

A 68-year-old man visited our hospital due to anorexia, weight loss and a fever. We diagnosed the patient with disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and confirmed the presence of interferon (IFN)-γ neutralizing autoantibodies (IFN-γAb). His lesions improved following antibiotic therapy, but...

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Autores principales: Yamaba, Yusuke, Takakuwa, Osamu, Wang, Ziren, Saito, Manami, Kawae, Daisuke, Yoshihara, Misuzu, Kunii, Eiji, Ito, Yutaka, Akita, Kenji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7807119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32788530
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.3987-19