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SUBMITTER: San-Juan D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9055382 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
San-Juan Daniel D Pérez Melgoza Misael M Zavaleta Martínez Oscar O López Raúl Aguilar RA Salazar Alvaro Contreras AC Bastida Jesús Del Moral JDM Ojeda Raúl Miranda RM
The Indian journal of tuberculosis 20220430 1
Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Disease describes a spectrum of inherited defects, of which complete deficiency of the interleukin-12 receptor β subunit 1 (IL-12Rβ1) is the most common cause. This condition results in a predisposition to severe disease caused by mycobacteria. We report a case of disseminated multidrug-resistant tuberculosis with extensive central nervous system affection with SARS-CoV-2 co-infection, in a 4-year-old child with IL-12Rβ1 complete deficiency. ...[more]