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  2. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection - Wikipedia

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    Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), also called Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex, is a microbial complex of three Mycobacterium species (i.e. M. avium, M. intracellulare, and M. chimaera). [6] It causes Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection. [7] [8] Some sources also include Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP). [9]

  3. Mycobacterium avium complex - Wikipedia

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    MAC bacteria enter most people's body when inhaled into the lungs or swallowed, but only cause infection in those who are immunocompromised or who have severe lung disease such as those with cystic fibrosis or chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). [3] MAC infection can cause COPD and lymphadenitis, and can cause disseminated disease ...

  4. Lung cavity - Wikipedia

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    Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is the most common cause of NTM lung disease in most countries, including the United States. [6] Classically, MAC infection results in either upper lobe cavities in male smokers with COPD or bronchiectasis in thin, older women; however, it is possible to have both cavities and bronchiectasis in the same patient ...

  5. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - Wikipedia

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    Any references on the internet to pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis or silicosis being caused by 'sharp particles [which] lacerate lining of lungs; causing victim to leak air from their lungs while simultaneously bleeding into their lung cavity' [13] are inaccurate. Particles of a size able to enter the lung (< 10 μm ...

  6. Study links e-cigarettes to incurable disease called 'Popcorn ...

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    But despite the name of this disease, there's nothing savory about it. ... Study links e-cigarettes to incurable disease called 'Popcorn Lung' Alex Lasker. Updated July 19, 2019 at 3:04 PM.

  7. Sarcoidosis - Wikipedia

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    A sarcoidosis-like lung disease called granulomatous–lymphocytic interstitial lung disease can be seen in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and therefore serum antibody levels should be measured to exclude CVID. [citation needed]

  8. Eating This Snack Every Day Can Lower Your Risk of ... - AOL

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    Dr. Allen explains that there is a direct connection between the gut and the lungs, called the gut-lung axis. “The gut-lung axis is a bidirectional exchange between the gut and the lungs. An ...

  9. A 22-year-old man who vaped required a double lung transplant ...

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    A 22-year-old man received a double lung transplant earlier this month after being on life support for 70 days. Jackson Allard, a North Dakota resident, went to the emergency room for a stomach ...