Bacterium
mycobacterium haemophilum
Subclass of:
Genus Mycobacterium
Definitions related to mycobacterium haemophilum:
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A species of aerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is acid fast, nonmotile, catalase negative, requires haemin for growth and is characterized by exclusively intracellular development. M. haemophilum has an unknown reservoir and mode of transmission and is known to be pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that causes granulomatous or ulcerating skin lesions in immunosuppressed persons. This organism owes its name to its requirement for growth of high levels of iron, conveniently supplied as blood, heme, or ferric ammonium citrate.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 haemophilum.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Mycobacterium haemophilum is a nontuberculous mycobacterium that causes skin, joint, bone, and pulmonary infections in immunocompromised persons and lymphadenitis in children. M haemophilum was first isolated from subcutaneous abscesses in a patient with Hodgkin disease.WebMD, 2019
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