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Organisms [B] » Bacteria [B03] » Gram-Positive Bacteria » Actinobacteria » Mycobacteriaceae » Mycobacterium » Nontuberculous Mycobacteria » Mycobacterium abscessus
Description
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. MeSH
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