Rapid growing mycobacterium
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Rapid growing mycobacterium consists of organism of the Mycobacterium fortuitum group and Mycobacterium chelonae/Mycobacterium abscessus group[1] and these usually cause subcutaneous abscesses or cellulitis following trauma in immunocompetent patients.[2]:340
Contents
List of rapidly growing Mycobacteria
- Mycobacterium fortuitum
- Mycobacterium chelonae
- Mycobacterium smegmatis
- Mycobacterium abscessus
- Mycobacterium mucogenicum
- Mycobacterium peregrinum
Nonchromogenic
- Mycobacterium abscessus
- Mycobacterium agri
- Mycobacterium alvei
- Mycobacterium arupense
- Mycobacterium fortuitum
Photochromogenic[3]
- M. kansasasii
- M. szulgia (scotochromogen at 37*C, photochromogen at 25*C)
- M. simiae
- M. marinum
Scotochromogenic
Yellow-Orange
See also
References
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- ↑ Mycobacteria: Basic Aspects (1998) edited by Pattisapu R.J. Gangadharam, P.A. Jenkins ISBN 1461377439
