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5.15 HIV and non‐tuberculous mycobacterial infection
Author(s) -
Hoy Jennifer F,
Marriott Deborah,
Gottlieb Tom
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122168.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , tuberculosis , immune system , immunology , pathology , physics , optics
About one in three patients with advanced immune deficiency will develop disseminated MAC infection. This incidence can be reduced with prophylactic drug therapy, and established infections can be effectively treated, with improved quality of life and lengthened survival.