Mycobacterium

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Used for

Mycobacterium lepraemurium, Mycobacterium phlei

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Broader Terms

Actinomycetales

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Narrower Terms

Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium intracellulare, Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Related Terms

tuberculosis

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Scope Note

genus of gram positive, aerobic bacteria; most species are free living in soil and water, but the major habitat for some is the diseased tissue of warm blooded hosts.

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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

  • The PPD for every mycobacterium is different.
  • Wikipedia Mycobacterium Mycobacterium is the a genus of actinobacteria, given its own family, the Mycobacteriaceae.
  • Mycobacterium is unique due to the high content of mycolic acid (waxy material) contained within its cell wall.
  • 044321 2005;60;706-707 Thorax McHugh F M R Perrin, R A M Breen, M C I Lipman, R J Shorten, S H Gillespie and T D reaction? strain type and TB paradoxical tuberculosis Mycobacterium Is there a relationship between http://thorax.
  • NonTuberculosis Mycobacterium is usually treated using the same drugs that treat Tuberculosis.
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