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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2790-2793 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2008 |