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Successful hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a child with active disseminated Mycobacterium fortuitum infection and interferon-γ receptor 1 deficiency

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Chantrain, C., Bruwier, A., Brichard, B. et al. Successful hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a child with active disseminated Mycobacterium fortuitum infection and interferon-γ receptor 1 deficiency. Bone Marrow Transplant 38, 75–76 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705399

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