Bacterium
mycobacterium scrofulaceum
Subclass of:
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Definitions related to mycobacterium scrofulaceum:
  • A non-tuberculous mycobacterium causing cervical lymphadenitis in children. It very rarely causes pulmonary disease, and is believed to be non-pathogenic in animals.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A species of aerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is acid fast, nonmotile, acid phosphatase and iron uptake negative and catalase, urease, pyrazinamidase and nicotinamidase positive. M. scrofulaceum is found in environmental sources such as house dust, soil, water, and sewage as well as food sources such as raw milk, and it is frequently associated with cervical adenitis in children.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mycobacterium scrofulaceum.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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