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New and Noteworthy
January 2008
 
December 2007
 
General Reports
       
  Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
 
The recovery of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) from the residential bathrooms
of patients with pulmonary MAC.
Nishiuchi Y, Maekura R, Kitada S, et al 
Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Aug 1;45(3):347-51.
Abstract
 
Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex infection: association with NRAMP1
polymorphisms.
Tanaka G, Shojima J, Matsushita I, et al
Eur Respir J. 2007 Jul;30(1):90-6. 007 Jul;30(1):90-6.
Abstract
 
Gastroesophageal reflux disease, acid suppression, and Mycobacterium avium complex
pulmonary disease.
Thomson RM, Armstrong JG, Looke DF, et al
Chest. 2007 Apr;131(4):1166-72.|
 Abstract
 
CT findings of granulomatous pneumonitis secondary to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
inhalation: "hot tub lung".
Hartman TE, Jensen E, Tazelaar HD, et al
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 Apr;188(4):1050-3.
 Abstract
 
Clinical studies on the pathogenetic factors of cavitary and nodular bronchiectatic types in
pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease
Okumura M, Iwai K, Ogata H, et al
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2006 Jan;44(1):3-11.
 Abstract
 
Clinical, Microbiological, and Immunological Characteristics in HIV-Infected Subjects at
Risk for Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease: An AACTG Study.
Macgregor RR, Hafner R, Wu JW, et al   
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2005 Aug;21(8):689-95.
Abstract
 
High prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis IS900 DNA in gut
tissues from individuals with Crohn's disease.
Autschbach F, Eisold S, Hinz U, et al  
Gut. 2005 Jul;54(7):944-9.
Abstract
 
Mycobacterium avium enters a state of metabolic dormancy in response to starvation.
Archuleta RJ, Yvonne Hoppes P, Primm TP.
Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2005 May;85(3):147-58
Abstract
 
Differential Virulence of Mycobacterium avium Strains Isolated from HIV-Infected
Patients with Disseminated M. avium Complex Disease.
Ohkusu K, Bermudez LE, Nash KA, et al  
J Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 1;190(7):1347-1354.
Abstract
 
Mycobacterium avium complex in patients with HIV infection in the era of highly active
antiretroviral therapy.
Karakousis PC, Moore RD, Chaisson RE.
 Lancet Infect Dis. 2004 Sep;4(9):557-65.
Abstract
 
The Complexity of HLA Class II (DRB1, DQB1, DM) Associations With Disseminated
Mycobacterium Avium Complex Infection Among HIV-1-Seropositive Whites.
Naik E, LeBlanc S, Tang J, et al.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 Jun 1;33(2):140-14
Abstract

Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease showing middle lobe syndrome--
pathological findings of 2 cases suggesting different mode of development
Okumura M, Iwai K, Ogata H, et al.
Kekkaku 2002 Sep;77(9):615-20
Abstract

Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease in patients with pre-existing lung
 disease.
Aksamit TR.
Clin Chest Med 2002 Sep;23(3):643-53
Abstract

  
Risks
       

Tap Water

            Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Estimating the Frequency of Tap-Water Exposures To Mycobacterium avium Complex
in the U.S. Population with Advanced AIDS.
Rice G, Wright JM, Boutin B, Swartout J, et al   
J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2005 Jun;68(11):1033-47.
 Paper

Epidemiology
       
Taiwan

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

   
  Disease caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria in a university hospital in Taiwan, 1997-2003.
Ding LW, Lai CC, Lee LN, Hsueh PR. et al
Epidemiol Infect. 2006 Feb 22;:1-8
Abstract
Drug Resistance
       

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

   
  Clinical and Molecular Analysis of Macrolide Resistance in Mycobacterium avium Complex
Lung Disease.
Griffith DE, Brown-Elliott BA, Langsjoen B, et al 
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Oct 15;174(8):928-34.
Abstract
Case Studies/Literature Reviews
       

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
Disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection in a person with AIDS with
cutaneous and CNS lesions.
Tandon R, Kim KS, Serrao R.
AIDS Read. 2007 Nov;17(11):555-60.
Abstract
 
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection needed differential diagnosis of the
recurrence after surgery for double lung cancer; report of a case
Matsuoka T, Sugi K, Matsuda E, et al 
 Kyobu Geka. 2007 Dec;60(13):1200-3.
Abstract
 
Mycobacterium avium complex infection presenting as an endobronchial mass in a
patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Kim HC, Bae IG, Ma JE, et al
Korean J Intern Med. 2007 Sep;22(3):215-9
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Drug resistance profile of human Mycobacterium avium complex strains from India.
Venugopal D, Kumar S, Isa M, Bose M.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2007 Apr;25(2):115-20.
Paper
 
Mycobacterium avium pneumonia in an HIV negative patient.
Khanlari B, Burri E, Mihatsch F, et al  
Internist (Berl). 2007 Mar 29;
Abstract
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare cellulitis occurring with septic arthritis after joint
injection: a case report.
Murdoch DM, McDonald JR.
BMC Infect Dis. 2007 Feb 26;7:9.
Paper
 
Solitary pulmonary granuloma caused by Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex.
Yonemori K, Tateishi U, Tsuta K, et al 
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2007 Feb;11(2):215-21.
Abstract
 
A case of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease, mimicking hot tub lung
Sato N, Kawabata Y, Nagata M, et al
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2006 Dec;44(12):962-7.
 Abstract
 
A case of endobronchial lesion due to infection with Mycobacterium intracellulare
Iwashima D, Suganuma H, Kobayashi J.  
Kekkaku. 2006 Aug;81(8):519-23.
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule.
Kwon YS, Koh WJ, Kwon OJ, et al   
Intern Med. 2006 Mar;45(3):169-71
Paper
 
A case of pulmonary mycobacterium avium complex disease, showing hypersensitivity
pneumonitis-like diffuse shadow
Ohashi R, Akagawa S, Kurashima A, er al
Kekkaku. 2006 Jan;81(1):19-23.
Abstract
 
A case of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease in an immunocompetent host.
Khan ZU, Guardiola J, Salzman G.
South Med J. 2005 Oct;98(10):1036-8.
Abstract
 
Thoracoscopic resection for Mycobacterium avium complex
Mun M, Kohno T, Miyanaga S, Fujimori S.
 Kyobu Geka. 2005 May;58(5):392-5.
Abstract
 
Recurring disseminated Mycobacterium avium infections in a HIV-negative patient.
Nigg AP, Sternfeld T, Gamarra F, et al 
Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2005 Jun 3;130(22):1369-72
 Abstract
 
Cutaneous Mycobacterium Avium Intracellulare Infection in an HIV+ Patient
Mimicking Histoid Leprosy.
Boyd AS, Robbins J.
Am J Dermatopathol. 2005 Feb;27(1):39-41.
Abstract
 
Endobronchial lesions involved in Mycobacterium avium infection.
Fukuoka K, Nakano Y, Nakajima A
espir Med. 2003 Dec;97(12):1261-4.
Abstract

Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (DMAC) in animmunocompetent adult.
Myojo M, Fujiuchi S, Matsumoto H, et al
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2003 May;7(5):498-501
Abstract
 
Isolated pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex infection in patients with human
mmunodeficiency virus infection: case reports and literature review.
Salama C, Policar M, Venkataraman M.  
Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Aug 1;37(3):e35-40. .
 Abstract

   
  Localized osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium avium complex in patients with
Human Immunodeficiency Virus receiving highlyactive antiretroviral therapy.
Aberg JA, Chin-Hong PV, McCutchan A, et al.
Clin Infect Dis 2002 Jul 1;35(1):E8-E13   
Abstract
Pathogenesis
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Phenotypic and Genomic Analyses of the Mycobacterium avium Complex Reveal
Differences in Gastrointestinal Invasion and Genomic Composition.
McGarvey JA, Bermudez LE
Infect Immun 2001 Dec;69(12):7242-9
 Abstract
   
  Mechanisms of Mycobacterium avium pathogenesis.
Bermudez LE, Wagner D, Sosnowska D  
Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 2000;48(6):521-7
 Abstract
Prevention
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
High Rates of Primary Mycobacterium avium Complex and Pneumocystis jiroveci
Prophylaxis in the United States.
Gebo KA, Fleishman JA, Reilly ED, et al
Med Care. 2005 Sep;43(9 suppl):23-30.
 Abstract
 
Discontinuation of Primary Prophylaxis against Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection i
n HIV-Infected Persons Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy: Observations from a Large National
Cohort in the United States, 1992-2002.
Brooks JT, Song R, Hanson DL,  et al  
Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Aug 15;41(4):549-53.
Abstract

Prophylactic clarithromycin to treat mycobacterium avium in HIV patients receiving
zidovudine may significantly increase mortality by suppressing lymphopoiesis and h
ematopoiesis.
Freund YR, Dousman L, Mohagheghpour N. et al .
Int Immunopharmacol 2002 Sep;2(10):1465-75
 Abstract

  
     
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Persons --
2002: Recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service and the Infectious
Diseases Society of America
 MMWR June 14, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--8
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Diagnosis
       

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Identification & differentiation of Mycobacterium avium & M. intracellulare by PCR- RFLP
assayusing the groES gene.
Aravindhan V, Sulochana S, Narayanan S. et a
 Indian J Med Res. 2007 Dec;126:575-9.
 Abstract
 
Serodiagnosis of Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease Using an Enzyme
Immunoassay Kit.
Kitada S, Kobayashi K, Ichiyama S, et al 
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Dec 13
Abstract
 
Serological test and chest computed tomography findings in patients with MAC lung disease.
Kitada S, Nishiuchi Y, Hiraga T, et al
Eur Respir J. 2007 Jan 24;
 Abstract
 
Detection of mixed infections with Mycobacterium lentiflavum and Mycobacterium avium by
molecular genotyping methods.
Suffys P, Rocha Ada S, Brandao A, et al
J Med Microbiol. 2006 Jan;55(Pt 1):127-31.
 Abstract
 
Thin-section CT findings of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary diseases: comparison
 between Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex and Mycobacterium abscessus infection.
Chung MJ, Lee KS, Koh WJ, et al
J Korean Med Sci. 2005 Oct;20(5):777-83.
 Abstract
 
Use of the INNO-LiPA-MYCOBACTERIA assay (version 2) for identification of
Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare-Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
complex isolates.
Lebrun L, Weill FX, Lafendi L, et al  
Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jun;43(6):2567-74.
 Abstract
 
Use of specific rRNA oligonucleotide probes for microscopic detection of Mycobacterium
avium complex organisms in tissue.
Amand AL, Frank DN, De Groote MA, Pace NR.
J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Apr;43(4):1505-1
 Abstract
 
Characteristics of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex
(MAC) infection in comparison with those of tuberculosis.
Watanabe K, Fujimura M, Kasahara K, et al  
Respir Med. 2003 Jun;97(6):654-9.
Abstract

Analysis of Mycobacterium avium Complex Isolates from Blood Samples of AIDS
Patients
by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis.
Kunimoto DY, Peppler MS, Talbot J, et al.
Clin Microbiol 2003 Jan;41(1):498-9
 Abstract

Detection of Mycobacterium avium in Blood Samples of   Patients with AIDS by Using
PCR.
Rodrigues Vd V, Queiroz Mello FC,
Clin Microbiol 2002 Jun;40(6):2297-2299
Abstract
 
Imaging features of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) in children with
AIDS.
Pursner M, Haller JO, Berdon WE. et al.  
Pediatr Radiol 2000 Jun;30(6):426-9
Abstract
 
Clinical Management
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Mycobacterium avium complex immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: Long term
outcomes.
Riddell J 4th, Kaul DR, Karakousis PC, et al
J Transl Med. 2007 Oct 15;5(1):50
 Paper
 
Relationship between clinical efficacy of treatment of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex
disease and drug-sensitivity testing of Mycobacterium avium complex isolates.
Kobashi Y, Yoshida K, Miyashita N,
 J Infect Chemother. 2006 Aug;12(4):195-202.
 Abstract
 
Nontuberculous mycobacterial immune reconstitution syndrome in HIV-infected patients:
spectrum of disease and long-term follow-up.
Phillips P, Bonner S, Gataric N, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Nov 15;41(10):1483-97.
Abstract
 
Factors Related to Response to Intermittent Treatment of Mycobacterium avium Complex
Lung Disease.
Lam PK, Griffith DE, Aksamit TR, et al
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Mar 2;
Abstract

Massive mycobacterial choroiditis during highly active antiretroviral therapy: another
immune-recovery uveitis?
Zamir E, Hudson H, Ober RR, et al.
Ophthalmology 2002 Nov;109(11):2144-8
 Abstract

Successful Discontinuation of Therapy for Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex
Infection after Effective Antiretroviral Therapy.
Shafran SD, Mashinter LD, Phillips P, et al.
Ann Intern Med 2002 Nov 5;137(9):239-250
 Abstract

Medical management of pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex.
Iseman MD.
Clin Chest Med 2002 Sep;23(3):633-41, vii
 Abstract
 
Changes in incidence and risk factors of Mycobacterium avium complex infections in
patients with AIDS in the era of new antiretroviral therapies.
Tumbarello M, Tacconelli E, de Donati KG, et al.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2001 Jul;20(7):498-501
 Abstract

Impact of prophylaxis for Mycobacterium avium complex on bacterial infections in patients with
advanced human immunodeficiency virus disease.
Currier JS, Williams P, Feinberg J, et al.
Clin Infect Dis 2001 Jun 1;32(11):1615-22
 Abstract

The ESP culture system for drug susceptibilities of Mycobacterium avium complex.
Lui AY, Labombardi VJ, Turett GS, et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect 2000 Dec;6(12):649-52
 Abstract

Case report. Diagnosis of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection by liver
biopsy .
Shah SR, Rastegar DA, Nicol TL.
AIDS Read 2000 Nov;10(11):669-72
Abstract

 

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Successful Discontinuation of MAC Therapy Following Effective HAART.
S. D. Shafran, M. J. Gill, R. G. Lalonde et al.
(8RETRO)
Abstract
 HIV Systemic Studies Web Links
       
Treatment/Prevention Guidelines
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United States

            Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Treating Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents:
Recommendations from CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV
Medicine Association/Infectious Diseases Society of America
MMWR Dec 17, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. RR--1
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