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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Tree Number(s)
B03.510.024.962.500.720
B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.720
Unique ID
D009170
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009170
Annotation
note entry terms and specific indentions; infection = MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS
Scope Note
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.
Entry Term(s)
Atypical Mycobacteria
Atypical Mycobacterium
Mycobacteria, Atypical
Mycobacterium duvalii
Mycobacterium flavescens
Mycobacterium gilvum
Mycobacterium gordonae
Mycobacterium obuense
Mycobacterium szulgai
Mycobacterium terrae
Mycobacterium, Atypical
Mycolicibacter terrae
Mycolicibacterium duvalii
Mycolicibacterium flavescens
Mycolicibacterium gilvum
Mycolicibacterium obuense
Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria
Nontuberculous Mycobacterium
Tuberculoid Bacillus
Related Numbers
txid1776
txid1778
txid1787
txid1788
txid1804
txid1807
txid39688
Previous Indexing
Mycobacterium (1966-1976)
Mycobacterium, Atypical (1977-1998)
Public MeSH Note
2012; see MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL 1999-2011, see MYCOBACTERIUM, ATYPICAL 1977-1998
History Note
2012 (1999)
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1976/05/19
Revision Date
2020/09/02
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Preferred
Mycobacterium szulgai Narrower
Mycobacterium gordonae Narrower
Mycobacterium duvalii Narrower
Mycobacterium flavescens Narrower
Mycobacterium gilvum Narrower
Mycobacterium obuense Narrower
Mycobacterium terrae Narrower
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