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NETHERLANDS JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Volume 59, Issue 3, Pages 140-151Publisher
VAN ZUIDEN COMMUNICATIONS
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2977(01)00152-8
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Mycobacterium avium; nontuberculous mycobacteria; BCG; infection; osteomyelitis; genetic; interferon-gamma receptor
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We describe three patients with multifocal osteomyelitis caused by Mycobacterium avium and a family history of one or more first degree family members diagnosed with various clinical presentations of infections with nontuberculous mycobacteria. There was a significant delay in the diagnosis and they had a protracted course of their illness, which responded only slowly to prolonged multi-drug treatment. In one patient, additional treatment with interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) was necessary. Macrophages of these patients had decreased in vitro responsiveness to IFN-gamma. Genomic sequencing revealed that these patients and their affected family members were heterozygous for a previously described dominant negative mutation in the gene encoding the IFN-gamma binding receptor-1 chain. The clinical presentations of the infections with nontuberculous mycobacteria in these families, with spread limited to skin, bone and lymph nodes. is discussed in the light of the immune mechanisms that are responsible for the clearance of otherwise poorly pathogenic environmental mycobacteria. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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