title: Fatal outcome of disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection in childhood. A case of primary incompetent monocyte/macrophage function?
abstract: Disseminated BCG infection rarely heals, and disseminated disease caused by the Mycobacterium avium complex usually has a poor prognosis with a short time to death. The case of a boy who died after 9 years of diagnosed disseminated M. avium complex infection is described. He showed no signs of previously known immunodeficiency except an incompetent primary monocyte/macrophage function. This case has been commented on in Acta Paediatrica Scandinavia (1982) as "the first infant to survive a generalized BCG infection".
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Heurlin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dahlqvist
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Elinder
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hammarström
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Petrini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000276:immunology*