Mycobacterium abscessus [Mycobacterium abscessus]
- Terms
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Mycobacterium abscessus abscessus
Mycobacterium abscessus bolletii
Mycobacterium abscessus komplex
Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus
Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii
Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies abscessus
Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies bolletii
Mycobacterium bolletii
Mycobacterium chelonae abscessus
Mycobacterium massiliense
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Mycobacterium abscessus abscessus
Mycobacterium abscessus bolletii
Mycobacterium abscessus Complex
Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus
Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii
Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies abscessus
Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies bolletii
Mycobacterium bolletii
Mycobacterium chelonae abscessus
Mycobacterium massiliense
Mycobacteroides abscessus
Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. abscessus
Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. massiliense
A rapidly growing non-tuberculous environmental mycobacterium causing OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION that infects the skin and subcutaneous tissues. It is associated with HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION and causes serious lung infections in persons with various chronic lung diseases.
- Annotation
- infection: coordinate IM with MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS (IM)
- DUI
- D000073358 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M000621349
- Previous indexing
- Mycobacterium (1969-2017)
- History note
- 2018
- Public note
- 2018
Allowable subheadings
- CH
- chemistry
- CL
- classification
- CY
- cytology
- DE
- drug effects
- EN
- enzymology
- GE
- genetics 1
- GD
- growth & development
- IM
- immunology
- IP
- isolation & purification 1
- ME
- metabolism
- PY
- pathogenicity 1
- PH
- physiology
- RE
- radiation effects
- UL
- ultrastructure
- VI
- virology