Bacterium
mycobacterium chelonae
Subclass of:
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Definitions related to mycobacterium chelonae:
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A species of aerobic, Gram positive, rods assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is acid fast, oxidase negative, urease and catalase positive, nonmotile and nonsporulating. M. chelonae is a fast growing mycobacterium isolated from environmental, animal and human sources and is often associated with post-operative soft tissue infection.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria commonly found in soil and occasionally isolated from sputum. It causes postoperative wound infections as well as gluteal abscesses.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mycobacterium chelonae.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Mycobacterium chelonae belongs to the family of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) classified in the rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM), Runyon group IV that are nonpigmented. RGM typically show visible colonies on solid growth media within 1 week.WebMD, 2019
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