Prospective clinical study and genetic research for the patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease to investigate the infection source, infection route, and pathogenesis of Mycobacterium avium complex. - Prospective clinical study and genetic research for the patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease to investigate the infection source, infection route, and pathogenesis of Mycobacterium avium complex.

"Nontuberculous Mycobacteria isolation out of residential bathrooms of untreated patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease" was presented at the 88th Anual Meeting of the Japanese Society for tuberclosis (Mar 28-29, 2013). "Comparisons of clinical backgrounds between patients with and without recovery of MAC isolates from residential bathrooms of untreated Japanese patients with pulmonary MAC disease" was presented at the 110th Anual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (Apr 11, 2013). "Differences of backgrounds between patients with Mycobacterium avium lung disease and with Mycobacterium intracellulare lung disease" was presented at the 28th International Congress of Chemothrapy and Infection (Jun 05-06, 2013). "Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria isolation out of residential bathrooms of untreated patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease" was presented at the 18th Congress of the APSR (Nov 11-14, 2013). "Analysis of characteristics of Mycobacterium avium isolates recovered from sputum and residential bathroom using VNTR typing method and BrothMIC NTM" was presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of National Medical Services (Nov 8-9, 2013). "Analysis of VNTR patterns of Mycobacterium avium complex isolates recovered from patients with pulmonary MAC disease and their residential bathrooms" was presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases (Jun 18-20, 2014). "Genetic Analyses of Mycobacterium avium Complex Isolates Recovered from Patients with Pulmonary MAC Disease and Their Residential Bathrooms" is scheduled to be presented at the 90th Anual Meeting of the Japanese Society for tuberclosis (Mar 27-28, 2015).