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Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection (MAI) also known as MAC (Mycobacterium Avium Complex) is an atypical mycobacterial infection which can occur in the later stages of AIDS. It can also affect people who do not have AIDS and usually first presents as a persistent cough. It is typically treated with a series of three antibiotics for a period of at least six months.Mycobacterium avium and M. intracellulare (the M. a.
