"Mycobacteria, Atypical" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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So-called atypical species of the genus MYCOBACTERIUM that do not cause tuberculosis. They are also called tuberculoid bacilli, i.e.: M. buruli, M. chelonae, M. duvalii, M. flavescens, M. fortuitum, M. gilvum, M. gordonae, M. intracellulare (see MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX;), M. kansasii, M. marinum, M. obuense, M. scrofulaceum, M. szulgai, M. terrae, M. ulcerans, M. xenopi.
| Descriptor ID |
D009170
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.024.049.525.500.720 B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.720
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| Concept/Terms |
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria- Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
- Atypical Mycobacterium
- Mycobacteria, Atypical
- Nontuberculous Mycobacterium
- Tuberculoid Bacillus
- Atypical Mycobacteria
- Mycobacterium, Atypical
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