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

Preferred term

Mycobacterium chelonae  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. chelonae
  • Mycobacterium chelonei
  • Mycobacterium chelonei subsp. chelonei

Note

  • infection: coordinate with MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS

Scope note

  • A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria commonly found in soil and occasionally isolated from sputum. It causes postoperative wound infections as well as gluteal abscesses.

History note

  • 92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016926

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