Abscess Alert! What This Toddler's Bump Revealed | Pediatric Oncall

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certain individuals have a genetic predisposition to develop mycobacterial abscesses. Various genetic polymorphisms including chemokine (C-C motif) ligand -2 (CCL-2), interleukin-8 (IL-8), toll-like receptor (TLR), natural resistance associated macrophage protein-1 (NRAMP-1), nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD 2) have been implicated to cause susceptibility to mycobacteria
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