Rapid growing mycobacterium explained

Rapid growing mycobacterium consists of organism of the Mycobacterium fortuitum group and Mycobacterium chelonae/Mycobacterium abscessus group^[1] and these usually cause subcutaneous abscesses or cellulitis following trauma in immunocompetent patients.^[2]

List of rapidly growing Mycobacteria

• Mycobacterium fortuitum
• Mycobacterium chelonae
• Mycobacterium smegmatis
• Mycobacterium abscessus
• Mycobacterium mucogenicum
• Mycobacterium peregrinum

Nonchromogenic

• Mycobacterium abscessus
• Mycobacterium agri
• Mycobacterium alvei
• Mycobacterium arupense
• Mycobacterium fortuitum

Chromogenic

Scotochromogenic

Yellow-Orange

•Mycobacterium aichiense

Photochromogenic

•Mycobacterium novocastrense (sp.nova)

See also

• Skin lesion

Notes and References

1. Esteban J, Ortiz-Pérez A . Current treatment of atypical mycobacteriosis . Expert Opin Pharmacother . 10 . 17 . 2787–99 . December 2009 . 19929702 . 10.1517/14656560903369363 . 9877696 .
2. Book: James, William D. . Berger, Timothy G. . Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology . Saunders Elsevier . 2006 . 0-7216-2921-0 . etal.