[Clinical course of mycobacteriosis in young persons].

Clinical manifestations of mycobacteriosis in 22 patients aged 16-35 are described. In males and females the disease was caused by M. avium and M. fortuitum, predisposed by exposure to occupational hazards and previous bronchopulmonary and general somatic diseases, respectively. In x-ray pictures of the lungs there appeared unilateral lesion in the upper lobe of the right lung.