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Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC)

 

 

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Tables and Figures

Table 1:  Diagnostic Criteria for Mycobacterium avium complex Pulmonary Disease

Table 2: Treatment and Prophylaxis of AIDS associated Mycobacterium avium complex disease

Table 3: Treatment of Mycobacterium avium complex Pulmonary Disease 

Table 4: Antimycobacterial Agents Commonly Used in the Treatment of MAC Infections

 

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Review Article: Griffith DE, Aksamit T, Brown-Elliott BA, Catanzaro A, Daley C, et al.  An Official ATS/IDSA Statement: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases.  Am J Respir Crit Car Med 2007;175:367-416.

Review Article:  Adhikari P, Mietzner T.  Cell Mediated Immunity. 2008. Milanes-Virelles MT, Garcia-Garcia I, et al. 

Adjuvant interferon gamma in patients with pulmonary atypical Mycobacteriosis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.  BMC Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 11;8(1):17 [Epub ahead of print].

Guideline:  An Official ATS/IDSA Statement: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculosis Mycobacterial Diseases. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007:175;367-416.

Murray, MP et al. Outcomes of a Standardized Triple-drug Regimen for the Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Infection.Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jul 15;47:222-4.

Deresinski S et al. Natural History of Lymphadenitis due to Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM). Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Jan 15;48(2):iv.

Hasegawa N, et al. Therapeutic Effects of Various Initial Combination Chemotherapy Including Clarithromycin Against Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease. Chest. 2009 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Winthrop KL, Chang E, et al. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections and Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Therapy. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Oct;15:1556-61.

Nishiuchi Y, Maekura R, et al. The Recovery of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Complex (MAC) from the Residential Bathrooms of Patients with Pulmonary MAC. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Aug 1;45:347-51.

Lindeboom JA. Conservative Wait-and-See Therapy Versus Antibiotic Treatment for Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Cervicofacial Lymphadenitis in Children. Clin Infect Dis. 2011;52(2):180-184

 

Authors

Michelle S. Cespedes, M.D., Judith A. Aberg, M.D.

 

 

 

 

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