We conducted a randomized, open-label trial in 42 French hospitals to compare the clinical and bacteriologic efficacy of combination therapy with clarithromycin ...

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 what ...

If tests have shown you have mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), a type of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), you’ll need to work closely with your doctor to decide what to do next. Not everyone starts ...

November 11, 2009 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — A subset of patients with solid organ malignancies and pulmonary Mycobacterium avium–complex (MAC) infections might fare worse if the infection is ...

Total RNA from cultured cells was purified by a commercial kit (RNeasy Mini Kit, Qiagen Science, MD, USA). The quantitative analysis of MCP-1 and CCR2 receptor genes were assessed by PCR as described.

There has been a mysterious 78 per cent jump in the number of Torontonians testing positive for a bacterium that can cause chronic lung infections in people with pre-existing lung problems and ...