Although it is associated with relatively high morbidity, surgery provides a high sputum conversion rate for patients whose MAC disease responds poorly to drug therapy. Even in the present clarithromycin era, pulmonary resection remains the treatment of choice when MAC lung disease has not been successfully eradicated by drug treatment alone.
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