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... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Irregular > Actinobacteria > Mycobacteriaceae > Mycobacterium > Nontuberculous Mycobacteria > Mycobacterium abscessus
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Regular > Mycobacteriaceae > Mycobacterium > Nontuberculous Mycobacteria > Mycobacterium abscessus

Preferred term

Mycobacterium abscessus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Mycobacteroides abscessus

Note

  • infection: coordinate IM with MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS (IM)

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2018

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000073358

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