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Mycobacterium ulcerans
Not pigmented (non chromagen).
Epidemiology:
-> environmental source: tropical grasses
Pathology:
- cutaneous lesions [3]
Genetics:
- genetic variation in SLC11A1 is associated with susceptibility to infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans
Laboratory:
- see Mycobacterium
General
Mycobacterium
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
Database Correlations
OMIM 610446
References
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed.
Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 722
- OMIM :accession 610446
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015