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

Preferred term

Mycobacterium ulcerans  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Mycobacterium buruli

Note

  • infection = probably BURULI ULCER; otherwise coordinate IM with MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS (IM)

Scope note

  • A slow-growing mycobacterium that infects the skin and subcutaneous tissues, giving rise to indolent BURULI ULCER.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019911

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