%0 Journal Article %T Relationship Between Lung Cancer and Mycobacterium Avium Complex Isolated Using Bronchoscopy %A Akira Hebisawa %A Akira Yamane %A Atsuhisa Tamura %A Fumiaki Takahashi %A Hideaki Nagai %A Junko Suzuki %A Kei Kusaka %A Ken Ohta %A Takashi Hirose %A Takeshi Fukami %J Archive of "The Open Respiratory Medicine Journal". %D 2016 %R 10.2174/1874306401610010020 %X The incidence of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)-positive respiratory specimen cultures and MAC lung disease (MACLD) is increasing worldwide. This retrospective study aimed to assess the association between MAC culture-positive bronchoscopy specimens and lung cancer %K Advanced age %K Bronchoscopy %K Culture %K Female %K Lung cancer %K Mycobacterium avium complex %K Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892172/