TB Research

A patient with complete IFN-γR1 deficiency and tuberculosis resembling BCG disease

Sara Elva Espinosa‐Padilla, Héctor Gómez-Tello, C. Flores, Uriel Pérez-Blanco, Tiareth Cova-Guzmán, Stéphanie Boisson‐Dupuis, Jacinta Bustamante, Lizbeth Blancas‐Galicia

Journal of Human Immunity · 2025-05

Abstract

A homozygous deleterious IFN-γR1 variant (c.672G>A) was identified in a child with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and erythroderma. This case demonstrates that complete autosomal recessive IFN-γR1 deficiency can present with tuberculosis resembling BCG disease in endemic regions.

MeSH terms

  • Tuberculosis
  • Medicine
  • Virology
  • Immunology
  • Biology