Classification of nontuberculous mycobacterial species causing human disease

Slowly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria

Rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria

Nonchromogens

M. avium complex (at least 7 subspecies)
- M. avium subspecies hominissius
- M. intracellulare subspecies intracellulare
- M. intracellulare subspecies chimaera
M. terrae complex
M. ulcerans
M. xenopi
M. simiae complex
M. malmoense
M. szulgai
M. asiaticum
M. haemophilum

Photochromogens

M. kansasii complex
M. marinum

Scotochromogens

M. gordonae
M. scrofulaceum

M. abscessus group
- M. abscessus subspecies abscessus
- M. abscessus subspecies bolletii
- M. abscessus subspecies massiliense
M. fortuitum complex
- M. fortuitum
- M. peregrinum
- M. porcinum
M. chelonae
M. smegmatis
M. mucogenicum

Nontuberculous mycobacteria refer to mycobacterial species that are not part of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (which includes M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. africanum, M. microti, and M. canetti) or the M. leprae complex (which includes M. leprae and M. lepromatosis).

Graphic 61936 Version 13.0

خرید پکیج

Classification of nontuberculous mycobacterial species causing human disease