Mycobacterium avium complex

Mycobacterium avium complex
Mycobacterium avi·um complex -'ā-vē-əm-, -'ä- n two bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium (M. avium and M. intracellulare) that account for most mycobacterial infections in humans other than tuberculosis, that usu. affect the lungs but may involve the lymph nodes, bones, joints, and skin, and that may cause disseminated disease in immunosuppressed conditions (as AIDS) abbr. MAC

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