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Abstract
Infections with nontuberculous mycobacteria (atypical mycobacteria): M. kansasii, M. marinum, M. scrofulaceum, M. flavescens, M. gordonae, M. obuense, M. gilvum, M. duvali, M. szulgai, M. intracellulare (see MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX;), M. xenopi (littorale), M. ulcerans, M. buruli, M. terrae, M. fortuitum (minetti, giae), M. chelonae, M. leprae.
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- Atypical Mycobacterium Infections
- Infections, Atypical Mycobacterium
- Mycobacterium Infections, Atypical
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
- Atypical Mycobacterium Infection
- Mycobacterium Infection, Atypical
- Mycobacterium Infection, Nontuberculous
- Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infection
- Atypical Mycobacterial Infection, Disseminated
- Atypical Mycobacterial Infection, Familial Disseminated
- Atypical Mycobacteriosis, Familial
- Atypical Mycobacteriosis, Familial Disseminated
- Mycobacterium abscessus Infection
- Familial Atypical Mycobacterioses
- Familial Atypical Mycobacteriosis
- Infection, Mycobacterium abscessus
- Infections, Mycobacterium abscessus
- Mycobacterioses, Familial Atypical
- Mycobacteriosis, Familial Atypical
- Mycobacterium abscessus Infections
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36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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for a list of specific nontuberculous mycobacteria, see MeSH definition here or NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA entry terms and indentions
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History Note
2012 (1977)
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Previous Indexing
- Mycobacterium Infections (1966-1976)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009165. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009165
- Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11663754