ID Board Review/Bacterial Diseases/Mycobacterium

Medically Significant Mycobacterium Species

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex

• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Mycobacterium bovis
• Mycobacterium leprae

Non-TB Mycobacterium (NTM)

Slow Growers (>7d)

Photochromogen

• Mycobacterium kansasii
• Mycobacterium marinum
• Mycobacterium haemophilum

Scotochromogen

• Mycobacterium gordonae
• Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
• Mycobacterium szulgai

Nonchromogen

• Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
• Mycobacterium ulcerans

Rapid Growers (<7d)

• Mycobacterium fortuitum
• Mycobacterium abscessus
• Mycobacterium chelonae