Mycobacterium avium uses apoptotic macrophages as tools for spreading
Mycobacterium avium (MAC) lives and replicates in macrophages and causes disseminated disease in immunocompromised individuals. As a host response to control disease, many macrophages become apoptotic a few days after MAC infection. In this study, we ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030681/#:~:text=Mycobacterium%20avium%20(MAC)%20lives%20and,few%20days%20after%20MAC%20infection.