Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), a type of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), lives all around us. You’ll find these germs in dirt, dust, and drinking water. They’re also common in natural sources ...

More people around the world have nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections now than in the past. The infection most often comes from a type of NTM known as mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). MAC ...

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria can be found everywhere, so almost everyone breathes some of it in occasionally. While these microbes are related to deadly Mycobacterium tuberculosis, MAC ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Levels of the trace metal vanadium in drinking water may play a role in promoting nontuberculous mycobacterial infection (NTM), a researcher said here. Each 1-log increase in vanadium ...

Everyone breathes in Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria from time to time, but most people don't get sick. These bacteria, cousins of the deadly Mycobacterium tuberculosis, tend to live out ...

Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection is an important late-stage complication of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. Since MAC is widely dispersed in the environment, ...

The bacterium that causes tuberculosis has a cousin you've never heard of: MAC. This bacterial complex is everywhere, but most people never show symptoms. Yet some people get very, very sick.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. The MAC lung disease market is predicted to grow in the coming years. This growth is mainly driven by the launch of ...