Show Synopsis. From screenwriter/playwright Aaron Sorkin, who brought us The West Wing and The Social Network, comes a whirlwind history of the controversial invention of the television. Philo Farnsworth, a child prodigy raised on a farm in rural Idaho, has overcome adversity to create a groundbreaking device never before achieved.
1 MAC is not spread person to person like Mtb. 2  MAC is not contagious. 3  MAC lung disease seen in HIV negative (non-AIDS) patients is a chronic lung infection and early-on is often misdiagnosed as chronic bronchitis or recurrent pneumonia. The average age of patients with MAC lung disease in men is 55 years and 67 years in women. 2  Men are more likely to have cavitary MAC (holes in their lungs). 3  Women are more likely to have non-cavitary, nodular MAC. 4  Diagnosis of MAC lung disease usually requires:
Organisms of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) are ubiquitous in the environment. 1-3 M. avium is the etiologic agent in >95% of patients with AIDS who acquire disseminated MAC disease. 1,4-9 An estimated 7% to 12% of adults have been previously infected with MAC, although rates of disease vary in different geographic locations. 1,5,8,9 Although epidemiologic associations have been identified, no environmental exposure or behavior has been consistently linked to subsequent ...