Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex

Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex
Mycobacterium avium-in·tra·cel·lu·la·re complex -.in-trə-.sel-yə-'lär-ē- n MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX

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a complex of Mycobacterium avium and M. intracellulare that causes tuberculosis in birds and swine and is associated with human pulmonary disease, lymphadenitis in children, and serious systemic disease in immunocompromised patients. See also mycobacteriosis.

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