Treatment of Refractory Disseminated Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection With Interferon Gamma: A Preliminary Report
- 12 May 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 330 (19), 1348-1355
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199405123301904
Abstract
Studies conducted in vitro and in animals suggest that cytokine signals to monocytes or macrophages by interferon gamma are important in the containment and clearance of disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infections.Keywords
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