You can prevent MAC (disseminated mycobacterium avium complex disease) : a guide for people with HIV infection

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention.
• Description:
  Mycobacterium avium [MY-co-bak-TEER-ee-um A-vee-um] complex, also known as MAC, is the name of a group of germs. These germs can infect people who are living with HIV. Adults with HIV usually dont get MAC disease until their T- cell count drops below 50. Because MAC disease occurs later in the course of HIV infection, it usually is not the first sickness a person with HIV gets. Most people with HIV have already been diagnosed with AIDS before they get MAC. About 20 to 30 percent of people with AIDS get MAC disease.
• Subjects:
  AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections HIV Infections/complications Mycobacterium Avium Mycobacterium Avium-intracellulare Infection Tuberculosis/complications
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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