PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A M Hunter
AU  - I A Campbell
AU  - P A Jenkins
AU  - A P Smith
TI  - Treatment of pulmonary infections caused by mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex.
AID  - 10.1136/thx.36.5.326
DP  - 1981 May 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 326--329
VI  - 36
IP  - 5
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/36/5/326.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/36/5/326.full
SO  - Thorax1981 May 01; 36
AB  - Sixty-four patients with pulmonary infection caused by mycobacteria of the M avium-intracellulare complex have been reviewed. Patients who were asymptomatic on presentation often had a benign course but some developed progressive disease. Symptomatic patients who were not treated usually deteriorated. Various treatment regimens were used. Successful treatment was achieved in the majority of patients using a combination of isoniazid, rifampicin, and either ethambutol or streptomycin given for 24 months. Other forms of treatment given including multiple drug regimens were not as effective.