Clinical Significance of Isolation of Mycobacterium avium Complex From Respiratory Specimens

Clinical Significance of Isolation of Mycobacterium avium Complex From Respiratory Specimens

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is frequently considered to be a contaminant or transient colonizer. To the best of our knowledge, there have been very few reports regarding the clinical significance of MAC isolates in respiratory specimens, and the associated disease spectrum in Taiwan. The purpo...

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Main Authors: Meng-Chuan Shen, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Tsi-Shu Huang, Yung-Ching Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-07-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
computed tomography
Mycobacterium avium complex
nontuberculous mycobacteria
pulmonary infection
antibiotic susceptibility testings
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664610600861

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