Mycobacterium Avium-intracellulare Infection - Lady Windermere Syndrome

Lady Windermere Syndrome

"Lady Windermere syndrome" describes infection in the lungs due to MAC. It is named after a character in Oscar Wilde's play Lady Windermere's Fan.

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