Association between 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer sequence groups of Mycobacterium avium complex and pulmonary disease

Jason E. Stout, Gregory W. Hopkins, Jay R. McDonald, Anita Quinn, Carol D. Hamilton, L. Barth Reller, Richard Frothingham

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Abstract

Organisms within the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) may have differential virulence. We compared 33 subjects with MAC pulmonary disease to 75 subjects with a single positive culture without disease. M. avium isolates were significantly more likely to be associated with MAC pulmonary disease (odds ratio = 5.14, 95% confidence interval = 1.25 to 22.73) than M. intracellulare.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2790-2793
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of clinical microbiology
Volume46
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2008

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