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... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Regular > Mycobacteriaceae > Mycobacterium > Mycobacterium haemophilum
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Irregular > Actinobacteria > Mycobacteriaceae > Mycobacterium > Mycobacterium haemophilum

Preferred term

Mycobacterium haemophilum  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Mycobacterium hemophilum

Note

  • infection: coord IM with MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that causes granulomatous or ulcerating skin lesions in immunosuppressed persons. This organism owes its name to its requirement for growth of high levels of iron, conveniently supplied as blood, heme, or ferric ammonium citrate.

History note

  • 95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018393

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