Recurrent Salmonella bacteremia in interleukin-12 receptor beta 1 deficiency


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Ozen M., Ceyhan M., Sanal O., Bayraktar M., Mesci L.

JOURNAL OF TROPICAL PEDIATRICS, cilt.52, sa.4, ss.296-298, 2006 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

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Interleukin-12 receptor beta 1 (IL12RB1) deficiency causes vulnerability to poorly virulent mycobacteria and nontyphoid Salmonella species. We describe a 2.5 year-old girl with IL12RB1 deficiency, caused by a homozygous; mutation in this gene, who presented with recurrent bacteremia caused by Salmonella spp.