Retrospective evaluation of natural course in mild cases of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease.

Retrospective evaluation of natural course in mild cases of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease.

<h4>Background</h4>There is no proven management for mild cases of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease, who do not immediately receive treatment and are managed with observation alone, because its long term-natural course, factors predictive of deterioration, and the effe...

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Main Authors: Yoshifumi Kimizuka, Yoshihiko Hoshino, Tomoyasu Nishimura, Takahiro Asami, Yumi Sakakibara, Kozo Morimoto, Shinji Maeda, Noboru Nakata, Takayuki Abe, Shunsuke Uno, Ho Namkoong, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Yohei Funatsu, Kazuma Yagi, Toshihide Fujie, Makoto Ishii, Naohiko Inase, Satoshi Iwata, Atsuyuki Kurashima, Tomoko Betsuyaku, Naoki Hasegawa, Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteriosis-Japan Research Consortium (NTM-JRC)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216034

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216034

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