| [present status of studies on epidemiology and molecular epidemiology of mycobacterium kansasii, in special reference to its epidemiology]. | mycobacterium kansasii, a slow-growing photochromogen, causes serious pulmonary diseases in humans. since the 1980s the isolation rate of m. kansasii has been surpassed by that of mycobacterium avium complex (mac). pulmonary disease caused by m. kansasii is known to be more common in urban areas than in rural areas, and its changing epidemiologic features and geographical distribution have been known for several decades. the disease had been found almost only in and around tokyo areas until the ... | 2011 | 21735859 |