Schaefer W B, Birn K J, Jenkins P A, Marks J
Br Med J. 1969 May 17;2(5654):412-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5654.412.
Of 109 cases in England and Wales in which mycobacteria of the avian-Battey group were isolated from man 89 were considered genuine infections (including 32 with Mycobacterium avium) and six were doubtful. Almost half the significant cases were lung infections in men in dusty occupations, mostly coal miners with pneumoconiosis, and just over a quarter were non-pulmonary, mostly cervical adenitis in children. The prognosis in lung infections was serious, especially in the presence of pneumoconiosis.
在英格兰和威尔士，从人体分离出禽-巴蒂菌群分枝杆菌的109个病例中，89例被认为是真正的感染（包括32例鸟分枝杆菌感染），6例情况可疑。几乎一半的显著病例是从事多尘职业的男性肺部感染，大多是患有尘肺病的煤矿工人，略多于四分之一的病例是非肺部感染，大多是儿童的颈部腺炎。肺部感染的预后严重，尤其是在存在尘肺病的情况下。
