Middle-aged to elderly women have a higher asymptomatic infection rate with Mycobacterium avium complex, regardless of body habitus

Tomoyasu Nishimura; Yukiko Fujita-Suzuki; Masaaki Mori; Stephen M. Carpenter; Hiroshi Fujiwara; Yoshifumi Uwamino; Eiko Tamizu; Ikuya Yano; Hiroshi Kawabe; Naoki Hasegawa

doi:10.1111/resp.12699

Middle-aged to elderly women have a higher asymptomatic infection rate with Mycobacterium avium complex, regardless of body habitus

Tomoyasu Nishimura, Yukiko Fujita-Suzuki, Masaaki Mori, Stephen M. Carpenter, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Yoshifumi Uwamino, Eiko Tamizu, Ikuya Yano, Hiroshi Kawabe, Naoki Hasegawa

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Abstract

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease is prevalent in middle-aged to elderly women with a thin body habitus. By comparing the rate of serologically diagnosed asymptomatic MAC infection and body mass index among 1033 healthy subjects, we find that middle-aged to elderly women became infected with MAC, regardless of their body habitus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	553-555
Number of pages	3
Journal	Respirology
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.12699
Publication status	Published - 2016 Apr 1

Keywords

Japan
Mycobacterium avium complex
non-tuberculous mycobacteria

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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Middle-aged to elderly women have a higher asymptomatic infection rate with Mycobacterium avium complex, regardless of body habitus

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