Relationship Between Lung Cancer and Mycobacterium Avium Complex Isolated Using Bronchoscopy.

CONCLUSION: MAC culture-positive bronchial washing is positively associated with lung cancer. Female sex and advanced age, but not lung cancer characteristics, were found to be associated with MAC infection in patients with lung cancer. PMID: 27335625 [PubMed]
Source: Open Respiratory Medicine Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Open Respir Med J Source Type: research