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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Lessons from Mycobacterium avium complex-associated pneumonitis: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access Lessons from Mycobacterium avium complex-associated pneumonitis a case report Victor Zota1 Sheryn M Angelis2 Armando E Fraire1 Ciaran McNamee3 Shasta Kielbasa4 and Daniel H Libraty 2 4 Address Department of Pathology Division of Infectious Disease University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester MA USA 2Department of Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester MA USA 3Department of Surgery University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester MA USA and 4Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester MA USA Email Victor Zota - zotav@ Sheryn M Angelis - angeliss@ Armando E Fraire - frairea@ Ciaran McNamee - mcnameec@ Shasta Kielbasa - Daniel H Libraty - Corresponding author Published 13 May 2008 Received 21 August 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 152 doi 1752-1947-2-152 Accepted 1 3 May 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 152 2008 Zota et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Mycobacterium avium complex MAC is an increasingly recognized cause of pulmonary disease in immunocompetent individuals. An acute form of MAC lung disease MAC-associated pneumonitis has generally been associated with the use of hot tubs. There is controversy in the literature about whether MAC-associated pneumonitis is a classic hypersensitivity pneumonitis or is a direct manifestation of mycobacterial infection. Case presentation We report the second case in the literature of MAC-associated pneumonitis not related to