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The Basics

Mycobacterium Avium Complex (MAC) (September 26, 2008)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Azithromycin (Zithromax) (May 22, 2008)
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From AIDS InfoNet
You Can Prevent MAC (Disseminated Mycobacterium Avium Complex Disease) (June 21, 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
MAC (Mycobacterium Avium Complex) (August 15, 2006)
From AIDS Treatment Data Network
Mycobacterium Avium Complex (2006)
A chapter from Clinical Manual for Management of the HIV-Infected Adult.
From AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center
Mycobacterium Avium Complex and Atypical Mycobacterial Infections in the Setting of HIV Infection (January 2006)
A clinical overview from the comprehensive, online textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
From HIV InSite
Mycobacterium Avium Complex (MAC) Fact Sheet (November 2004)
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From Project Inform

Treatment

An Overview of Azithromycin (Zithromax) (Regularly Updated)
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From U.S. National Institutes of Health
An Overview of Clarithromycin (Biaxin) (Regularly Updated)
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From U.S. National Institutes of Health
FDA Issues "Black Box" Warning for Cipro, Similar Drugs (July 9, 2008)
From Project Inform
Clarithromycin (Biaxin) (May 22, 2008)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) (April 3, 2006)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease (December 17, 2004)
A chapter from "Treating Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents" guidelines.
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In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
An Overview of Rifabutin (Mycobutin) (October 7, 2004)
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From U.S. National Institutes of Health

Research

Frequency of Isolation of M. Avium Complex From Marrow in Patients Suspected of Disseminated MAC but With Negative Blood Cultures (January 31, 2000)
In The 7th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO

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