From the Center for Disease Control. Isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria in the United States, 1979. 1980

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UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009161 Mycobacterium A genus of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria. Most species are free-living in soil and water, but the major habitat for some is the diseased tissue of warm-blooded hosts. Mycobacteria
D009170 Nontuberculous Mycobacteria So-called atypical species of the genus MYCOBACTERIUM that do not cause tuberculosis. They are also called tuberculoid bacilli, i.e.: M. abscessus, M. buruli, M. chelonae, M. duvalii, M. flavescens, M. fortuitum, M. gilvum, M. gordonae, M. intracellulare (see MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX;), M. kansasii, M. marinum, M. obuense, M. scrofulaceum, M. szulgai, M. terrae, M. ulcerans, M. xenopi. Atypical Mycobacteria,Mycobacteria, Atypical,Mycobacterium duvalii,Mycobacterium flavescens,Mycobacterium gilvum,Mycobacterium gordonae,Mycobacterium obuense,Mycobacterium szulgai,Mycobacterium terrae,Mycolicibacter terrae,Mycolicibacterium duvalii,Mycolicibacterium flavescens,Mycolicibacterium gilvum,Mycolicibacterium obuense,Tuberculoid Bacillus,Atypical Mycobacterium,Mycobacterium, Atypical,Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria,Nontuberculous Mycobacterium
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014481 United States A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.

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