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'''''Mycobacterium chelonae''''' is a species of the phylum [[actinobacteria]] ([[Gram-positive]] [[bacteria]] with high [[G+C ratio|guanine and cytosine content]], one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus [[mycobacterium]]. Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium, that is found all throughout the environment including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause [[opportunistic infection]]s of humans. |
'''''Mycobacterium chelonae''''' is a species of the phylum [[actinobacteria]] ([[Gram-positive]] [[bacteria]] with high [[G+C ratio|guanine and cytosine content]], one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus [[mycobacterium]]. Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium, that is found all throughout the environment including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause [[opportunistic infection]]s of humans. |
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[[File:Mycobacterium chelonae abscesses 12-0898-F1.jpg|thumbnail|left| Mycobacterium chelonae abscesses associated with biomesotherapy, an alternative therapy practice. (The abscesses are at the biomesotherapy injection site).]] |
[[File:Mycobacterium chelonae abscesses 12-0898-F1.jpg|thumbnail|left| Mycobacterium chelonae abscesses associated with [[biomesotherapy]], an alternative therapy practice. (The abscesses are at the biomesotherapy injection site).]] |
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It is grouped in Runyon group IV.<ref>http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/222790-overview</ref> |
It is grouped in Runyon group IV.<ref>http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/222790-overview</ref> |
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Mycobacterium chelonae Bergey et al. 1923, ATCC 35752
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Mycobacterium chelonae is a species of the phylum actinobacteria (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus mycobacterium. Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium, that is found all throughout the environment including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause opportunistic infections of humans.
It is grouped in Runyon group IV.[1]
Type strain: strain CM 6388 = ATCC 35752 = CCUG 47445 = CIP 104535 = DSM 43804 = JCM 6388 = NCTC 946.
Epidemiology
On average, 2 cases of nonpulmonary M. chelonae infection are reported in South Australia each year. [2]
References
This article uses public domain text from the CDC as cited.
- ^ http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/222790-overview
- ^ Ivan M, Dancer C, Koehler AP, Hobby M, Lease C. Mycobacterium chelonae abscesses associated with biomesotherapy, Australia, 2008. Emerg Infect Dis [Internet]. 2013 Sep [August 21, 2013]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.120898
- SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420. [BERGEY (D.H.), HARRISON (F.C.), BREED (R.S.), HAMMER (B.W.) and HUNTOON (F.M.) (eds): Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, pp. 1–442.]
- Reference: HILL (L.R.), SKERMAN (V.B.D.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.): Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 508-511. Discovered by otologist Ramil Montes.
- Mycobacterium chelonae: a rare cause of subcutaneous nodules in a patient on long term corticosteroids. Christopher Strickland and Ali S.M. Jawad Grand Rounds Vol 8 Pages 4 - 5