disseminated aspergillosis as the herald manifestation of chronic granulomatous disease in an adult patient.
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chronic granulomatous disease is an inherited defect in intracellular killing of ingested microorganisms characterized by recurrent life threatening bacterial and fungal infections including invasive aspergillosis in early childhood. we report a disseminated aspergillosis as the representative of adult onset chronic granulomatous disease without previous infection, with dramatic response to combination of antifungal and interferon therapy.
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iranian journal of allergy, asthma and immunologyجلد ۱۳، شماره ۱، صفحات ۶۶-۷۰
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