Talk:Mycobacterium avium Complex

Use of the word "dranage"
See the Section of this article entitled: MAC in patients with HIV infection.

In that section is found the word "dranage". Should it not be "drainage"? Contextual quote: "...other bodily fluids such as lymphatic dranage ..." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gloucks (talk • contribs) 00:30, 12 April 2007 (UTC).

I have marked this page as incomplete as there is no section on the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium avium. Illuvator (talk) 10:12, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Hominis?
Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mycobacterium_avium_complex&diff=prev&oldid=82940607 M. a. subsp. hominussuis was changed to M.a. subsp. hominis! Why?! There is no M.a. subsp. hominis, as far as I know! / D. Herthnek

Species name "avium" is obsolete for M. intracellulare
The full name should be changed to just Mycobacterium intracellulare; intracellulare has been determined to be a separate species by genetic methods; "M. avium and M. intracellulare are two species, but some serotypes, now designated M. intracellulare, actually belong to M. avium." "M. avium and M. intracellulare are difficult to distinguish by means of biochemical tests and by means of numerical taxonomy. DNA-DNA hybridization confirms that these species are different but indicates that some serovars of M. intracellulare actually belong to the species M.avium..." Those genetic findings are buttressed by proteomic similarity between M. a. avium and another M. a. subspecies, a similarity lacking between that subspecies and M. intracellulare; "Rabbit antisera were raised to some of the strains [of M. avium paratuberculosis;] All were found to be antigenically identical with M. avium and none were found to belong to M. intracellulare." .

Also note the proposed species name used by Mycobacterium avium Complex disease listing information from the Center for Disease Control.