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
List of rapidly growing Mycobacteria
[edit]- Mycobacterium fortuitum
- Mycobacterium chelonae
- Mycobacterium smegmatis
- Mycobacterium abscessus
- Mycobacterium mucogenicum
- Mycobacterium peregrinum
Nonchromogenic
[edit]- Mycobacterium abscessus
- Mycobacterium agri
- Mycobacterium alvei
- Mycobacterium arupense
- Mycobacterium fortuitum
Chromogenic
[edit]Scotochromogenic
[edit]Yellow-Orange
[edit]Photochromogenic
[edit]- Mycobacterium novocastrense (sp.nova)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Esteban J, Ortiz-Pérez A (December 2009). "Current treatment of atypical mycobacteriosis". Expert Opin Pharmacother. 10 (17): 2787–99. doi:10.1517/14656560903369363. PMID 19929702. S2CID 9877696.
- ^ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
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