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Descriptor English: Mycobacterium kansasii
Descriptor Spanish: Mycobacterium kansasii
Descriptor Mycobacterium kansasii
Scope note: Especie fotocromógena, de crecimiento lento. Es el agente etiológico de una enfermedad del tipo de la tuberculosis humana y se aísla con frecuencia de secreciones o tubérculos pulmonares humanos. La incidencia de infección se incrementa extraordinariamente entre los individuos inmunodeprimidos. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Mycobacterium kansasii
Descriptor French: Mycobacterium kansasii
Tree number(s): B03.510.024.962.500.720.400
B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.720.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019909
Scope note: A slow-growing, photochromogenic species that is the etiologic agent of a tuberculosis-like disease in humans and is frequently isolated from human pulmonary secretions or tubercles. The incidence of infection is sharply increased among immunocompromised individuals. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Annotation: infection: coord IM with MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS (IM); DF: MYCOBACT KANSASII
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 KANSASII
DeCS ID: 33290
Unique ID: D019909
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: 2011/07/01
Mycobacterium kansasii - Preferred
Concept UI M0029584
Scope note A slow-growing, photochromogenic species that is the etiologic agent of a tuberculosis-like disease in humans and is frequently isolated from human pulmonary secretions or tubercles. The incidence of infection is sharply increased among immunocompromised individuals. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Preferred term Mycobacterium kansasii



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