Mycobacterium avium complex
Microbiology and Medicine
noun
(More fully Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex) mycobacteria of the closely related species Mycobacterium avium and M. intracellulare; (also) opportunistic infection caused by bacteria of this group, seen especially in AIDS patients. Abbreviated MAC, MAI.
Origin
1970s.
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