 | DISEASE: Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease | Help |
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| Name | Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease |
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| Supergrp | Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection [DS:H01458] |
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| Description | Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), including Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), cause opportunistic chronic pulmonary infections. MAC includes M. avium, M. intracellulare, and eight other species, including M. chimaera. MAC pulmonary disease has been described with two types of clinical manifestations: fibrocavitary and nodular bronchiectatic. |
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| Category | Bacterial infectious disease |
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| Brite | Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403] 01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases Mycobacterial diseases 1B21 Infections due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria H02029 Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401] Bacterial infections Infections caused by actinobacteria H02029 Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease BRITE hierarchy |
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| Pathogen | Mycobacterium intracellulare [GN:mit mia mir]Mycobacterium chimaera [GN:mchi]Mycobacterium avium |
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| Reference | PMID:26967761 |
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| Authors | Kang YA, Koh WJ |
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| Title | Antibiotic treatment for nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease. |
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| Journal | Expert Rev Respir Med 10:557-68 (2016)DOI:10.1586/17476348.2016.1165611 |
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| Reference | PMID:28827842 |
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| Authors | Matsumura Y, Kitabatake M, Ouji-Sageshima N, Yasui S, Mochida N, Nakano R, Kasahara K, Tomoda K, Yano H, Kayano SI, Ito T |
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| Title | Persimmon-derived tannin has bacteriostatic and anti-inflammatory activity in a murine model of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease. |
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| Journal | PLoS One 12:e0183489 (2017)DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0183489 |
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