TY - JOUR AU - Asakura, Takanori AU - Namkoong, Ho AU - Sakagami, Takuro AU - Hasegawa, Naoki AU - Ohkusu, Kiyofumi AU - Nakamura, Akira T1 - Disseminated Mycobacterium genavense Infection in Patient with Adult-Onset Immunodeficiency T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 7 SP - 1208 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report a case of disseminated Mycobacterium genavense infection resulting from neutralizing anti–interferon-γ autoantibodies in the patient. We identified M. genavense targeting the hsp65 gene in an aspiration specimen of the lymph node. Adult-onset immunodeficiency caused by neutralizing anti–interferon-γ autoantibodies, in addition to HIV infection, can lead to disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. KW - Mycobacterium genavense KW - adult-onset immunodeficiency KW - bacteria KW - Tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - Japan KW - nontuberculous mycobacteria KW - HIV DO - 10.3201/eid2307.161677 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/7/16-1677_article ER - End of Reference