MAI is common in immunocompromised individuals, including senior citizens and those with HIV/AIDS or cystic fibrosis. Bronchiectasis, the bronchial condition which causes pathological enlargement of the bronchial tubes, is commonly found with MAI<unk> . Whether the bronchiectasis leads to the MAC<unk>  or is the result of it is not always known. The<unk><unk>  complex (MAC) includes common atypical bacteria, i.e. nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), found in the environment which can infect people with HIV and low CD4 cell count (below 100/microliter); mode of<unk>  is usually inhalation or ingestion. MAC causes disseminated disease in up to 40% of people with HIV in the United States, producing fever, sweats, weight loss, and anemia. Disseminated MAC (DMAC) characteristically affects people with advanced HIV disease and peripheral CD4 cell counts less than 50 cells/uL. Effective prevention and therapy of MAC has the potential to contribute substantially to improved quality of life and duration of survival for HIV-infected persons.
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis
Primary inoculation tuberculosis
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Pseudomonas infection
Tuberculosis