Mycobacterium avium complex is the disease of the skin with bacteria. When the infection has reached the bones and joints it turns into bone tuberculosis.

Mycobacterium avium is gram-positive and is the shape of bassilous. What I don't understand is why people can't just look this up.... :-/

Arvind M. Dhople has written:

'Rapid susceptibility testing of mycobacterium avium complex and mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from AIDS patients' -- subject(s): Mycobacteria, Tuberculosis

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Mycobacterium Avium Complex (MAC) is not spread through person-to-person contact. This The most common TB Cousin, MAC, presents itself like many other illnesses. Avoiding contact with some source of MAC is virtually impossible. Animal, water, air, food, soil, tobacco products are all suspected vectors for the mycobacterium avium complex. MAC may be misdiagnosed as just another pulmonary exacerbation, or the flu. Common symptoms of infection include:

Fever

Chills

Swollen Glans

Nigh sweats

Fatigue