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Abstract
A rapidly growing non-tuberculous environmental mycobacterium causing OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION that infects the skin and subcutaneous tissues. It is associated with HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION and causes serious lung infections in persons with various chronic lung diseases.
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Synonyms
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- Mycobacteroides abscessus
- Mycobacterium abscessus Complex
- Mycobacterium abscessus abscessus
- Mycobacterium abscessus bolletii
- Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus
- Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii
- Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies abscessus
- Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies bolletii
- Mycobacterium bolletii
- Mycobacterium chelonae abscessus
- Mycobacterium massiliense
- Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. abscessus
- Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. massiliense
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
infection: coordinate IM with MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS (IM)
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History Note
2018
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Previous Indexing
- Mycobacterium (1969-2017)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Mycobacterium abscessus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073358. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073358
- Mycobacterium abscessus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacteroides_abscessus
- Mycobacterium abscessus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6946978