Atypical mycobacteria called Mycobacterium ulcerans cause Buruli ulcers. This bacteria is in the same family as leprosy and tuberculosis.

Infection with atypical mycobacteria, as could have occurred with the patient's thorn injury, could also cause tuberculin-skin-test conversion.

Mycobacteria are naturally occurring. Although mycobacteria rarely cause illness under normal circumstances, people who have recently undergone surgery could be more susceptible to infection.” ...

I have read about it in a textbook.'" GHS announced June 20, 2014 that an atypical mycobacterial infection was affecting heart, neurological and abdominal surgery patients.

Officials confirmed last Friday that atypical Mycobacterium abscessus had been found in 14 patients. Most had undergone cardiac surgery, while two had abdominal surgery and one a neurological ...

Literature has examined the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of moxifloxacin and gatifloxacin against various species of atypical mycobacteria. 1 Mycobacterium chelonae is the most common ...

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease Can Be Challenging to Treat Judy Stone, MD April 12, 2022 0 ...

Atypical carbapenem is also specific to killing mycobacterial strains. “A different target means that we can use a different ‘magic bullet’ to target them,” Buynak explained.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation to omadacycline for the treatment of infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria, including nontuberculous ...