1.
Respirology
; 21(3): 553-5, 2016 Apr.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26639819
RESUMO
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease is prevalent in middle-aged to elderly women with a thin body habitus. By comparing the rate of serologically diagnosed asymptomatic MAC infection and body mass index among 1033 healthy subjects, we find that middle-aged to elderly women became infected with MAC, regardless of their body habitus.
Assuntos
Infecções Assintomáticas/epidemiologia , Índice de Massa Corporal , Complexo Mycobacterium avium/isolamento & purificação , Infecção por Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare/epidemiologia , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Japão/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prevalência , Fatores Sexuais , Adulto Jovem
2.
J Clin Microbiol
; 53(4): 1436-8, 2015 Apr.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25653414
RESUMO
We report a case of recurrent disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (DMAC) disease with anti-gamma interferon autoantibodies. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case caused by reinfection with a separate isolate of M. avium. DMAC disease activity was monitored using serum IgG antibody titers against lipid antigens extracted from a MAC strain.