Mycobacterium avium complex, also called MAC, are bacteria that can cause life-threatening infections in people with severely compromised immune systems, such as those living with HIV/AIDS ...

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is group of organisms causing a bacterial infection that leads to lung disease. MAC is noncontagious and made up of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), which are ...

More people around the world have nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections now than in the past. The infection most often comes from a type of NTM known as mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).

Treatment for mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) depends on where the infection is. Your doctor will also consider how serious your symptoms are and other medical conditions you may have. Here’s ...

Mycobacterium avium is the cause of tuberculosis in birds. In Norway, this disease no longer occurs in poultry, but is occasionally found in wild birds. This bacterium can also lead to infections ...

Note from Dr. Merle A. Sande-The role of Mycobacterium avium as a pathogen in the human immunodeficiency virus-infected population has been confusing and controversial to clinicians who care for AIDS ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis vs. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) While both M. tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium complex can cause lung disease, often with similar symptoms, they’re not the same.

Lab tests confirmed the suspicions. MAC is short for Mycobacterium avium complex. "It's pretty much everywhere, especially in soil and water," says Dr. Daniel Salerno, a Temple Health pulmonologist.

Darryl J. Heard, Pamela E. Ginn, Lisa Neuwirth, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection in a White-Faced Saki (Pithecia pithecia), Journal of Zoo and Wildlife ...

The onset of several lung-based non-tuberculosis Mycobacterium avium complex infections is known as the Lady Windermere syndrome. The condition often occurs in older white females who habitually ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In December 2023, I had an open-heart aortic valve replacement. All went well, but then I contracted a staph infection. I had to have a second procedure to remove the top four sternal ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) are two distinct types of bacteria that can cause infections in the lungs and other parts of the body. Learn more here.