title: Middle-aged to elderly women have a higher asymptomatic infection rate with Mycobacterium avium complex, regardless of body habitus.
abstract: Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease is prevalent in middle-aged to elderly women with a thin body habitus. By comparing the rate of serologically diagnosed asymptomatic MAC infection and body mass index among 1033 healthy subjects, we find that middle-aged to elderly women became infected with MAC, regardless of their body habitus.
authors.affiliation: Health Center, Keio University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoyasu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.affiliation: Kiyose Laboratory, Japan BCG Laboratory, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujita-Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Health Center, Keio University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Physiologic Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.|Division of Infectious Disease and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uwamino
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tamizu
authors.affiliation: Kiyose Laboratory, Japan BCG Laboratory, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ikuya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.affiliation: Health Center, Keio University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawabe
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D058345:Asymptomatic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Japan; Mycobacterium avium complex; non-tuberculous mycobacteria