mycobacteria other than tuberculosis

bacteria
Also known as: MOTT, atypical mycobacteria, nontuberculosis mycobacteria

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relevance to AIDS

  • X-rays of patients infected with tuberculosis
    In tuberculosis: Other mycobacterial infections

    …nontuberculosis mycobacteria, atypical mycobacteria, and mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT). This group includes such Mycobacterium species as M. avium (or M. avium-intracellulare), M. kansasii, M. marinum, and M. ulcerans. These bacilli have long been known to infect animals and

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