Mycobacterium avium complex: Difference between revisions

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'''Physiology'''

*Growth on [[Löwenstein-Jensen]] medium and [[Middlebrook 7H10]] occurs at 37°C after 7 or more days.

*The complex can be (but is not often) resistant to [[isoniazid]], [[ethambutol]], [[rifampin]], and [[streptomycin]].<ref name="pmid29054853">{{cite journal | vauthors = Haworth CS, Banks J, Capstick T, Fisher AJ, Gorsuch T, Laurenson IF, Leitch A, Loebinger MR, Milburn HJ, Nightingale M, Ormerod P, Shingadia D, Smith D, Whitehead N, Wilson R, Floto RA | title = British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) | journal = Thorax | volume = 72 | issue = Suppl 2 | pages = ii1–ii64 | date = November 2017 | pmid = 29054853 | doi = 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210927 }}</ref>

*The complex can be (but is not often) (See British thoracic society guidelines) resistant to [[isoniazid]], [[ethambutol]], [[rifampin]], and [[streptomycin]].

'''Differential characteristics'''