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... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Irregular > Actinobacteria > Mycobacteriaceae > Mycobacterium > Nontuberculous Mycobacteria > Mycobacterium chelonae
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Regular > Mycobacteriaceae > Mycobacterium > Nontuberculous Mycobacteria > Mycobacterium chelonae

Preferred term

Mycobacterium chelonae  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria commonly found in soil and occasionally isolated from sputum. It causes postoperative wound infections as well as gluteal abscesses.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. chelonae
  • Mycobacterium chelonei
  • Mycobacterium chelonei subsp. chelonei
  • txid1774
  • txid2099321

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CHW0CD61-Z

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