We report a case of an overall healthy 13 year old young adolescent female with CF, who presented with Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) as her first documented lung infection, and while only presenting with minor cough proved to have severe purulent bronchial infection. Contrary to common ...
Interstitial lung diseaseMycobacterium avium complexSystemic sclerosisWe describe a case of a 65-year-old male with recently diagnosed diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis associated with usual interstitial pneumonia and pulmonary hypertension. Patient presented to the emergency department complaining of low-...
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection in humans is caused by two main species: M avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare; because these species are difficult to differentiate, they also are collectively referred to as Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI). MAC is the atypical Mycobacterium most...
Mycobacterium avium intracellulare complex (MAC) infection is a common cause of significant morbidity and mortality among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. It usually presents as a systemic disease process. Endobronchial disease secondary to MAC is distinctly rare and can be a manifes...
Mycobacteriumaviumcomplex (MAC) is common not only in soil, water and animals, but also in certain food (e.g. hard cheese). It also colonizes pools andhot watertubs. Portals of infection are probably both gastrointestinal and pulmonary byingestionof contaminated water and food and inhalation of...
Most of us can breathe in MAC, a bacteria found in soil and water, and never get sick. For others, it can lead to infection and lung disease.Explore More Article Who Is More at Risk? Anyone can get mycobacteria avium complex, but some people are more vulnerable than others. Get the ...
Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection 来自 Springer 喜欢 0 阅读量: 37 作者: Dr Charles A. Peloquin 摘要: Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is an infrequent pulmonary pathogen in immunocompetent hosts. In patients with AIDS, MAC causes disseminated infection (DMAC) in up to 50% of those with ...
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) isolates among patients with chronic lung disease were studied for their heterogeneity using genetic identification methods, pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and seroagglutination. A mean of 7.3 cultures per patient were collected from 17 patients with nodular bron...
Article: Mycobacterium-avium-intracellulare complex infection following 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine therapy for hairy cell leukaemia
Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease therapy. 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 19 作者:DE Griffith,KL Winthrop 摘要: Comment on Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Sep 15;186(6):559-65.关键词: Humans Mycobacterium avium Complex Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection Pneumonia, Bacterial...