Mycobacterium tilburgii rarely causes disseminated disease. We describe a case of M. tilburgii infection in an otherwise healthy 33-year-old woman, who was found to carry bi-allelic mutations of the gene encoding the β1 chain of the IL-12 receptor.
Schepers, K., Schandené, L., Bustamante, J., Van Vooren, J.-P., de Suremain, M., Casanova, J.-L., Yombi, J. C., Jacobs, F., Mascart, F., & Goffard, J.-C. (2013). IL-12Rβ1 deficiency and disseminated Mycobacterium tilburgii disease. Journal of Clinical Immunology, 33(8), 1285-1288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-013-9941-y (Original work published 2013)