Open AccessEpidemiology of Human Disease Caused by Mycobacterium Avium Complex
Author(s) -
C. Robert Horsburgh
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1918-1493
pISSN - 1712-9532
DOI - 10.1155/1994/916817
Subject(s) - mycobacterium avium complex , disease , epidemiology , immunology , immunity , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , organism , medicine , human disease , pulmonary disease , mycobacterium , virology , biology , tuberculosis , immune system , pathology , paleontology
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a ubiquitous organism.Human infection with this agent causes one of three clinical syndromes: pulmonary disease inpersons whose systemic immunity is intact; cervical lymphadenitis, also a disease of normal hosts;and disseminated disease, usually in persons with advanced human immunodeficiency virusinfection. While data are sparse, all three clinical syndromes appear to be increasing in frequency.However, the environmental reservoirs and modes of acquisition of MAC have not been elucidated.and strategies for avoidance of MAC infection remain to be defined
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