Infection Caused by Mycobacterium Avium-Intracellulare Group: Pathogenesis and Clinical Management
1. Introduction An infection caused by the Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare group represents a challenging opportunistic illness involving environmental, nontuberculous mycobacteria that primarily affects the lungs or disseminates systemically in immunocompromised hosts. The bottom line up front is that while these environmental bacteria are ubiquitous and harmless to healthy individuals, they cause chronic, destructive pulmonary disease in … Read more