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mycobacteria (NTM), also
known as
environmental mycobacteria,
atypical mycobacteria and
mycobacteria other than
tuberculosis (MOTT), are
mycobacteria...
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characteristic complex cell wall
contributes to
evasion from host defenses.
Mycobacteria are
aerobic with 0.2-0.6 μm wide and 1.0-10 μm long rod shapes. They...
- In microbiology, the
phenotypic testing of
mycobacteria uses a
number of methods. The most-commonly used
phenotypic tests to
identify and
distinguish Mycobacterium...
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variation hypothesis.
Interference by
nontuberculous mycobacteria:
Exposure to
environmental mycobacteria (especially
Mycobacterium avium,
Mycobacterium marinum...
- tuberculosis, it is
often used alone. It may also be used for
atypical types of
mycobacteria, such as M. avium, M. kansasii, and M. xenopi. It is
usually taken by...
- The
Timpe and
Runyon classification of
nontuberculous mycobacteria is
based on the rate of growth,
production of
yellow pigment and
whether this pigment...
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produced and
secreted by a
group of very
closely related pathogenic mycobacteria species including M. ulcerans, M.
liflandii (an
unofficial designation)...
- v t e
Mycobacteria (including Nontuberculous)
Slowly growing (R1P=photochromogenic; R2S=scotochromogenic; R3N=nonchromogenic)
Rapidly growing/
Runyon IV...
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nodes ****ociated with
tuberculosis as well as
nontuberculous (atypical)
mycobacteria.
Scrofula is the term used for
lymphadenopathy of the neck,
usually as...
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compared with
other bacteria,
which usually divide in less than an hour.
Mycobacteria have a complex, lipid-rich cell envelope, with the high
lipid content...
