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Mycobacterium avium
May be lumped with Mycobacterium intracellulare as Mycobacterium avium intracellulare or Mycobacterium avium complex.
Accounts for > 90% of cases of Mycobacterium avium intracellulare in AIDS patients, generally as disseminated disease.
Laboratory:
- Mycobacterium avium avium Ab in blood
- Mycobacterium avium rRNA
Related
Mycobacterium intracellulare
General
Mycobacterium avium-complex (MAC, Mycobacterium avium intracellulare, MAI)
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1021