| a comparative study of tuberculous and other mycobacterial infections and their associations with malignancy. | we reviewed 162 cases of bacteriologically proved mycobacterial disease. nontuberculous acid-fast bacilli were responsible for 27 per cent of the infections, a higher frequency than has previously been reported, and mycobacterium kansasii and mycobacterium avium-intracellulare were isolated with equal frequency. this indicates that mycobacterium avium-intracellulare may be a significant agent of disease in the midwest as well as the southeast. there are no useful clinical, radiographic, or labor ... | 1978 | 619723 |