Recurrence of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex disease in a patient with anti-gamma interferon autoantibodies by reinfection

Affiliations

• ¹ Health Center, Keio University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
• ² Japan BCG Central Laboratory, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan.
• ³ Isehara Kyodo Hospital, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
• ⁴ Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁵ Division of Respiratory Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Niigata, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Microbiology and Physiologic Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Division of Infectious Disease and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
• ⁷ Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan.
• ⁸ Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁹ Center of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan [email protected].