Details of Disease
General Information of Disease (ID: DIS33M7J)
| Disease Name | Inherited susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases | |||||
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| Synonyms |
Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial infections; idiopathic infection caused by BCG or atypical mycobacteria; Mycobacterium caused genetic susceptibility to infections due to particular pathogens; Mycobacterium genetic susceptibility to infections due to particular pathogens; MSMD; Mendelian susceptibility to atypical mycobacteria
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| Definition |
Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases (MSMD) is a rare immunodeficiency syndrome, characterized by a narrow vulnerability to poorly virulent mycobacteria, such as bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccines and environmental mycobacteria (EM), and defined by severe, recurrent infections, either disseminated or localized.
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