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Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium avium complex species isolated from pulmonary infection in Taiwan [PDF]

Microbiology Spectrum
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is an emerging pathogen causing nontuberculous pulmonary infections globally. However, clinical treatment guidelines regard MAC as a single entity, recommending a universal anti-mycobacterial combination therapy.
Hsiu-Mei Lin, Chin-Chung Shu, Chun-Hao Chen, Nan-Yu Chen, Jeng-How Yang, Chih-Hung Chen, Shih-Hong Li, Chih-Liang Wang, Chih-Teng Yu, Shu-Min Lin, Kuo-Chin Kao, Chung-Chi Huang, Cheng-Ta Yang, Jang-Jih Lu, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Hsin-Chih Lai, Ting-Shu Wu   +16 more
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Mycobacterium avium Complex: Current Management [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1994
Stephen D Shafran
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Clinical and genomic features of Mycobacterium avium complex: a multi-national European study [PDF]

Genome Medicine
Background The Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) comprises the most frequent non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in Central Europe and currently includes twelve species. M. avium (MAV), M. intracellulare subsp. intracellulare (MINT), and M. intracellulare
Nils Wetzstein, Margo Diricks, Thomas B. Anton, Sönke Andres, Martin Kuhns, Thomas A. Kohl, Carsten Schwarz, Astrid Lewin, Jan Kehrmann, Barbara C. Kahl, Annika Schmidt, Stefan Zimmermann, Moritz K. Jansson, Sophie A. Baron, Bettina Schulthess, Michael Hogardt, Inna Friesen, Stefan Niemann, Thomas A. Wichelhaus   +18 more
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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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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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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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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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Mycobacterium avium complex in the liver

Annals of Hepatology, 2009
Andrew P. Laramore, Tara C. Rubinas, Heike Varnholt   +2 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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A case of intrathoracic desmoid tumor with pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus disease

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
A 68-year-old man who was on treatment for pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex complained a worsening of sputum. Although he archived negative sputum culture two months ago, sputum culture tests revealed the newly isolation of Mycobacterium abscessus ...
Takuma Katano, Eri Hagiwara, Hiromasa Arai, Midori Sato, Takafumi Yamaya, Michihiko Tajiri, Takashi Ogura   +6 more
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