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Descriptor English: Mycobacterium fortuitum
Descriptor Spanish: Mycobacterium fortuitum
Descriptor Mycobacterium fortuitum
Scope note: Especie no fotocromógena, de crecimiento rápido, que es potencialmente patógena, y produce lesiones, a consecuencia de un traumatismo en pulmón, hueso o tejidos blandos. Se ha encontrado en el suelo y lugares de inyección en el hombre, ganado y animales de sangre fría. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Mycobacterium fortuitum
Descriptor French: Mycobacterium fortuitum
Tree number(s): B03.510.024.962.500.720.325
B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.720.325
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019907
Scope note: A rapid-growing, nonphotochromogenic species that is potentially pathogenic, producing lesions of lung, bone, or soft tissue following trauma. It has been found in soil and in injection sites of humans, cattle, and cold-blooded animals. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Annotation: infection: coordinate with MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mycobacterium (1966-1990)
Mycobacterium, Atypical (1977-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98
Entry Version: MYCOBACT FORTUITUM
DeCS ID: 33289
Unique ID: D019907
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2018/07/01
Mycobacterium fortuitum - Preferred
Concept UI M0029571
Scope note A rapid-growing, nonphotochromogenic species that is potentially pathogenic, producing lesions of lung, bone, or soft tissue following trauma. It has been found in soil and in injection sites of humans, cattle, and cold-blooded animals. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Preferred term Mycobacterium fortuitum



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