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A solitary pulmonary nodule caused by Mycobacterium avium with pleural effusion and pleuritis after transbronchial biopsy: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Pleural effusion and pleuritis are uncommon manifestations of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease. Pleuritis caused by Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule is extremely rare.
Shigenari Nukaga, Hiroaki Murakami, Kazuma Yagi, Ryosuke Satomi, Takahiko Oyama, Arafumi Maeshima, Yoshitaka Oyamada   +6 more
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Phylogenetic distribution of malonate semialdehyde decarboxylase (MSAD) genes among strains within the genus Mycobacterium: evidence of MSAD gene loss in the evolution of pathogenic mycobacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Despite the great diversity of malonate semialdehyde decarboxylases (MSADs), one of five subgroups of the tautomerase superfamily (TSF) found throughout the biosphere, their distribution among strains within the genus Mycobacterium remains unknown.
Duhyung Lee, Duhyung Lee, Dong Hyun Kim, Dong Hyun Kim, Hyejun Seo, Hyejun Seo, Hyejun Seo, Seaone Choi, Seaone Choi, Seaone Choi, Bum-Joon Kim, Bum-Joon Kim, Bum-Joon Kim, Bum-Joon Kim, Bum-Joon Kim, Bum-Joon Kim   +15 more
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Additive Effects of Cyclic Peptide [R4W4] When Added Alongside Azithromycin and Rifampicin against Mycobacterium avium Infection

Pathogens, 2023
Mycobacterium avium (M. avium), a type of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), poses a risk for pulmonary infections and disseminated infections in immunocompromised individuals.
Melissa Kelley, Kayvan Sasaninia, Arbi Abnousian, Ali Badaoui, James Owens, Abrianna Beever, Nala Kachour, Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, Vishwanath Venketaraman   +8 more
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The Mycobacterium avium complex [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1993
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease emerged early in the epidemic of AIDS as one of the common opportunistic infections afflicting human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. However, only over the past few years has a consensus developed about its significance to the morbidity and mortality of AIDS. M.
C B, Inderlied, C A, Kemper, L E, Bermudez   +2 more
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A Systematic Review of Factors Associated with Mortality among Patients with Mycobacterium avium Complex Lung Disease

Pathogens, 2023
Purpose: As the number of patients with Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease is significantly increasing worldwide, several studies have focused on the prognostic factors associated with the disease.
Nobuhiro Fujishima, Kosaku Komiya, Mari Yamasue, Kazufumi Hiramatsu, Jun-ichi Kadota   +4 more
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Mycobacterium avium complex infection [PDF]

Dermatology Online Journal, 2015
We report the case of a 30-year-old woman with a three-year history of papules, nodules, and multiple ulcers of the left lower extremity. A skin biopsy specimen showed dermal fibrosis and patchy granulomatous inflammation in the upper-to-mid dermis that was associated with a perivascular, lymphohistiocytic infiltrate along with granulomas and necrosis ...
Vedvyas, Chetan, Shvartsbeyn, Marianna, Brinster, Nooshin, Femia, Alisa   +3 more
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Isolation of Mycobacterium avium and other nontuberculous mycobacteria in chickens and captive birds in peninsular Malaysia

BMC Veterinary Research, 2021
Background Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) causes a chronic infectious in the birds known as avian mycobacteriosis. Almost all species of the birds are susceptible to MAC which consists of two closely related species of mycobacteria, that is, M.
Abdul Sattar, Zunita Zakaria, Jalila Abu, Saleha A. Aziz, Gabriel Rojas-Ponce   +4 more
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Differential Protein Expression in Exponential and Stationary Growth Phases of Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis 104

Molecules, 2021
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is the most common non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) and causes different types of pulmonary diseases. While genomic and transcriptomic analysis of Mycobacterium avium 104 (M.
Shymaa Enany, Manabu Ato, Sohkichi Matsumoto   +2 more
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Nontuberculous mycobacterial axillary lymphadenitis in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021
Cervicofacial lymphadenitis is the most frequent presentation of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection in children, and axillary NTM lymphadenitis is extremely rare.
Jerome A. Lindeboom, Jacco G. Tuk
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Monitored therapy of sporadic mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium genavense in Atlantic canaries (Serinus canaria) and Bengalese finch (Lonchura striata)

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2021
Mycobacteriosis is a significant disease of companion and wild birds which causes emaciation and widely distributed lesions, as well as being a potential zoonosis. Its primary aetiological agents in birds are Mycobacterium avium subsp.
Ledwoń Aleksandra, Dolka Izabella, Adamczyk Krzysztof, Szeleszczuk Piotr   +3 more
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