<unk>  (MAI) is an atypical mycobacterial<unk> , i.e. one with nontuberculous mycobacteria or NTM, caused by<unk><unk>  complex (MAC), which is made of two<unk>  species, M.<unk>  and M.<unk> . This<unk>  causes respiratory illness in birds, pigs, and humans, especially in immunocompromised people. In the later stages of AIDS, it can be very severe. It usually first presents as a persistent cough. It is typically treated with a series of three antibiotics for a period of at least six months. M.<unk> , M.<unk> , and M. chimaera are each saprotrophic organisms present in soil and water; entry into hosts is usually via the gastrointestinal tract, but also can be via the lungs. MAC<unk> s can cause fevers, diarrhea, malabsorption, as well as loss of appetite and weight loss, and can disseminate to the bone marrow. MAI is typically resistant to standard mycobacterial therapies.
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis
Primary inoculation tuberculosis
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Pseudomonas infection
Tuberculosis