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To the Editor: In his discussion of Case 6-1996, which involved Mycobacterium avium bronchiolitis, Murphy (Feb. 22 issue)¹ mentions that he is not aware of a reported case of M. avium complex infection in a patient without predisposing factors, chronic lung disease, or immunodeficiency. We have reported the case of a 32-year-old woman with disseminated M. avium infection who was not infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and who did not have primary or acquired immunodeficiency.²

We believe that the patient discussed by Murphy should be evaluated for an underlying disease, such as hairy-cell leukemia or Hodgkin's disease, because . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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