Bacterium
mycobacterium avium
[ mahy-koh-bak-teer-ee-uhm ay-vee-um ]
Subclass of:
Genus Mycobacterium
Definitions related to mycobacterium avium:
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A bacterium causing tuberculosis in domestic fowl and other birds. In pigs, it may cause localized and sometimes disseminated disease. The organism occurs occasionally in sheep and cattle. It should be distinguished from the M. avium complex, which infects primarily humans.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A species of aerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is acid fast, catalase positive, niacin, peroxidase, nitrate reductase, and urease negative, and may be susceptible to pnitrobenzoate, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, rifampin, and streptomycin. M. avium is found in soil and dust particles and can cause infection when inhaled or ingested, especially causing disseminated infection in immunocompromised patients.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mycobacterium avium.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Bacterium causing tuberculosis in domestic fowl and other birds; in pigs, it may cause localized and sometimes disseminated disease; the organism occurs occasionally in sheep and cattle; it should be distinguished from the M. avium complex, which infects primarily humans.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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