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immunodeficiency 117

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A T cell and NK cell immunodeficiency that is characterized by increased susceptibility to disseminated mycobacterial infection apparent in early childhood and that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the IRF1 gene on chromosome 5q31.

Signs and symptoms

  • Lymphadenitis
  • Decreased naive CD8+ T cell proportion
  • Increased effector memory CD8+ T cell proportion
  • Mediastinal lymphadenopathy
  • Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection
  • Fever
  • Increased CD8+ TEMRA T cell proportion
  • Reduced total natural killer cell count
  • Decreased central memory CD8+ T cell proportion
  • Pneumonia