Rapid growing mycobacterium
Type of bacterium
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Rapid growing mycobacterium consists of organism of the Mycobacterium fortuitum group and Mycobacterium chelonae/Mycobacterium abscessus group[1] and these usually cause subcutaneous abscesses or cellulitis following trauma in immunocompetent patients.[2]: 340
List of rapidly growing Mycobacteria
Nonchromogenic
- Mycobacterium abscessus
- Mycobacterium agri
- Mycobacterium alvei
- Mycobacterium arupense
- Mycobacterium fortuitum
Chromogenic
Scotochromogenic
Yellow-Orange
Photochromogenic
- Mycobacterium novocastrense (sp.nova)
