Interferon-γ –Receptor Deficiency in an Infant with Fatal Bacille Calmette–Guérin Infection

Jouanguy, Emmanuelle; Altare, Frédéric; Lamhamedi, Salma; Revy, Patrick; Emile, Jean‐François; J. Newport, Melanie; Levin, Michael; Blanche, Stéphane; Seboun, Eric; Fischer, Alain; Casanova, Jean‐Laurent

doi:10.1056/nejm199612263352604

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Interferon-γ –Receptor Deficiency in an Infant with Fatal Bacille Calmette–Guérin Infection

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Dec 26, 1996

Authors:

Emmanuelle Jouanguy

Frédéric Altare

Salma Lamhamedi

Abstract

The attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette–Guerin (BCG) is the most widely used vaccine in the world. In most children, inoculation of live BCG vaccine is harmless although it oc...

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Medicine

Immunology

Virology

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