Low serum estradiol levels are related to Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease: a cross-sectional study

Y Uwamino, T Nishimura, Y Sato, E Tamizu… - BMC infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background The risk factors for Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease (MAC-LD) are
not well known. We hypothesized that low serum estradiol (E2) levels are related to MAC-LD …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristic profile of antibody responses to PPD, ESAT-6, and CFP-10 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pulmonary tuberculosis suspected cases in …

DNSS Dewi, NM Mertaniasih, Y Ozeki… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Accurate and rapid diagnostic tools are important aspects of managing tuberculosis (TB)
cases appropriately. However, the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic kits based on …

Application of a commercial serodiagnostic kit that measures the serum anti-glycopeptidolipid core IgA antibody in Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease

S Kitada - Respiratory Investigation, 2019 - Elsevier
The diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease is occasionally
cumbersome and time-consuming because the MAC species is ubiquitous, and therefore its …

Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis-suspected patients in Mali

K Ouattara, D Soumaré, B Baya… - The Egyptian Journal …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background The incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteria is increasing, among them
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) strains are the most frequently isolated. In countries …

Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease

MR Holt, CL Daley - … Disease: A Comprehensive Approach to Diagnosis …, 2019 - Springer
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) comprises at least ten named species of
environmental mycobacteria that exhibit ecological and geographic diversity. The prominent …

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease Management Principles

TR Aksamit, DE Griffith - … : A Comprehensive Approach to Diagnosis and …, 2019 - Springer
The management of patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease, especially
pulmonary disease (PD), is neither intuitive nor simple. As is often lamented, treatment of …