Abstract
Of 109 cases in England and Wales in which mycobacteria of the avian-Battey group were isolated from man 89 were considered genuine infections (including 32 with Mycobacterium avium) and six were doubtful. Almost half the significant cases were lung infections in men in dusty occupations, mostly coal miners with pneumoconiosis, and just over a quarter were non-pulmonary, mostly cervical adenitis in children. The prognosis in lung infections was serious, especially in the presence of pneumoconiosis.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Birn K. J., Schaefer W. B., Jenkins P. A., Szulga T., Marks J. Classification of Mycobacterium avium and related opportunist mycobacteria met in England and Wales. J Hyg (Lond) 1967 Dec;65(4):575–589. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400046106. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Clark J., Thomson D. S., Wallace A. Disseminated infection with Mycobacterium avium: II. Bacteriology and drug susceptibility. Tubercle. 1968 Mar;49(1):31–37. doi: 10.1016/s0041-3879(68)80004-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Griffith A. S. Bovine Tuberculosis in the Human Subject: (Section of Surgery). Proc R Soc Med. 1938 Aug;31(10):1208–1212. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- KAMAT S. R., ROSSITER C. E., GILSON J. C. A retrospective clinical study of pulmonary disease due to "anonymous mycobacteria" in Wales. Thorax. 1961 Sep;16:297–308. doi: 10.1136/thx.16.3.297. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Lesslie I. W., Birn K. J., Stuart P., O'Neill P. A., Smith J. Tuberculosis in the pig and the tuberculin test. Vet Rec. 1968 Dec 21;83(25):647–651. doi: 10.1136/vr.83.25.647. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- MARKS J., BIRN K. J. INFECTION DUE TO MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM. Br Med J. 1963 Dec 14;2(5371):1503–1506. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5371.1503. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Schaefer W. B. Serologic identification and classification of the atypical mycobacteria by their agglutination. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1965 Dec;92(6):85–93. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1965.92.6P2.85. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Schonell M. E., Crofton J. W., Stuart A. E., Wallace A. Disseminated infection with Mycobacterium avium: I. Clinical features, treatment and pathology. Tubercle. 1968 Mar;49(1):12–30. doi: 10.1016/s0041-3879(68)80003-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]