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Pulmonary Mycobacterial Infections due to Mycobacterium intracellulare-avium Complex:Clinical Features and Course in 100 Consecutive Cases
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One hundred consecutive cases of pulmonary infection due to Mycobacterium intracellulare-avium seen during a 3 1/2-year period qualified for review on the basis of a compatible chest x-ray film, repeated isolations from cultures of sputum, and follow-up of three to eight years.About:
This article is published in Chest.The article was published on 1979-02-01. It has received 189 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Progressive disease & Tuberculosis.read more
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Infection with Mycobacterium avium Complex in Patients without Predisposing Conditions
David S. Prince,Donald D. Peterson,Robert M. Steiner,Jonathan E. Gottlieb,Richard H Scott,Harold L. Israel,William G. Figueroa,James E. Fish +7 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that pulmonary disease caused by the M. avium complex can affect persons without predisposing conditions, particularly elderly women, and that recognition of this disease is often delayed because of its indolent nature.
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Epidemiology of Infection by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
TL;DR: No specific nutrient(s) occurred in the waters of the southeastern United States that could account for a greater frequency of isolation of MaIS organisms from that region, and temperature is apparently a factor influencing the number of MAIS organisms in waters.
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Nontuberculous mycobacteria. I: multicenter prevalence study in cystic fibrosis.
Kenneth N. Olivier,David J. Weber,Richard J. Wallace,Ali R. Faiz,Ji-Hyun Lee,Yansheng Zhang,Barbara A. Brown-Elliot,Allison Handler,Rebecca W. Wilson,Michael S. Schechter,Lloyd J. Edwards,Subha Chakraborti,Michael R. Knowles +12 more
TL;DR: NTM are common in patients with CF, but neither person-to-person nor nosocomial acquisition explained the high prevalence, and older age was the most significant predictor for isolation of NTM.
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Disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection in homosexual men dying of acquired immunodeficiency.
TL;DR: Five homosexual men dying at UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, with acquired immunodeficiency and Pneumocystis pneumonia, Kaposi's sarcoma, or cryptosporidiosis since May 1981 have all had mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex cultured from tissues taken just before death or at postmortem examination.
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