Mycobacterium szulgai

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style="background:#Template:Taxobox colour;" | Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Suborder: Corynebacterineae
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species: M. szulgai

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Mycobacterium szulgai is a species of Mycobacterium. It is a Scotochromogen and is currently ungrouped. It is known to cause skin infections.[1]

Treatment

Antimicrobial regimen

  • in vitro
  • Susceptible: Most anti-TB drugs

References

  1. Hizawa K, Nagata Y, Kudo T, Taniguchi M, Matsumoto T, Iida M (September 2009). "[A case of steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis complicated by skin infection of Mycobacterium szulgai]". Nippon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi (in Japanese). 106 (9): 1359–63. PMID 19734708.

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