Mycobacterium avium
"Mycobacterium avium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A bacterium causing tuberculosis in domestic fowl and other birds. In pigs, it may cause localized and sometimes disseminated disease. The organism occurs occasionally in sheep and cattle. It should be distinguished from the M. avium complex, which infects primarily humans.
| Descriptor ID |
D009162
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.024.049.525.500.300 B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.300
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mycobacterium avium" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.