Background and objective No reports exist regarding skeletal muscle involvement in
patients with Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease (MAC-LD). The cross-sectional …

Background Mycobacterium lentiflavum is a slow-growing non-tuberculous Mycobacterium
that is often associated with an immunocompromised state and cervical lymphadenitis in …

Background and objective The lack of useful biomarkers reflecting the disease state limits
the management of Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease (MAC‐LD). We clarified the …

Background Sitafloxacin (STFX) exhibits potent activity against Mycobacterium avium
complex (MAC) in both in vitro and in vivo experiments. However, limited data are available …

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown a reduction in health-related quality of life
(HRQoL) in patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) …

Background In bronchiectasis patients, chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) infection has
been associated with worse health-related quality of life (HRQL), but little is known about …

Abstract Background Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex (pMAC) disease is a
chronic, slowly progressive disease. The aim of the present study was to determine the …

Rationale: The clinical features and prognosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM)
pleuritis and pleural effusion combined with NTM lung disease remain unclear. Objectives …

Background As lung cancer development in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial
lung disease (NTM-LD) has never been reported, we investigated its incidence and clinical …

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the clinical characteristics and health-related quality
of life (HQOL) of elderly patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex (pMAC) …