@article{60d3e2864cd0493785f5dcf176590801,
title = "Middle-aged to elderly women have a higher asymptomatic infection rate with Mycobacterium avium complex, regardless of body habitus",
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.",
keywords = "Japan, Mycobacterium avium complex, non-tuberculous mycobacteria",
author = "Tomoyasu Nishimura and Yukiko Fujita-Suzuki and Masaaki Mori and Carpenter, {Stephen M.} and Hiroshi Fujiwara and Yoshifumi Uwamino and Eiko Tamizu and Ikuya Yano and Hiroshi Kawabe and Naoki Hasegawa",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Asian Pacific Society of Respirology.",
year = "2016",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/resp.12699",
language = "English",
volume = "21",
pages = "553--555",
journal = "Respirology",
issn = "1323-7799",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "3",
}