Retrospective evaluation of natural course in mild cases of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease.
Yoshifumi KimizukaYoshihiko HoshinoTomoyasu NishimuraTakahiro AsamiYumi SakakibaraKozo MorimotoShinji MaedaNoboru NakataTakayuki AbeShunsuke UnoHo NamkoongHiroshi FujiwaraYohei FunatsuKazuma YagiToshihide FujieMakoto IshiiNaohiko InaseSatoshi IwataAtsuyuki KurashimaTomoko BetsuyakuNaoki Hasegawanull nullPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Mild MAC pulmonary disease progresses slowly but substantially without treatment. Treatment prevents the deterioration of the disease but not the progression of bronchiectasis. Polyclonal MAC infection is a predictor of disease progression.