Medical Definition of Mycobacterium fortuitum

1. A rapid-growing, nonphotochromogenic species that is potentially pathogenic, producing lesions of lung, bone, or soft tissue following trauma. It has been found in soil and in injection sites of humans, cattle, and cold-blooded animals. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mycobacterium Fortuitum

myco-
mycobacillin
mycobacillin synthetase
mycobacteria
mycobacteriaceae
mycobacterial
mycobacteriophages
mycobacteriosis
mycobacterium
mycobacterium avium
mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection
mycobacterium avium complex
mycobacterium avium complex disease
mycobacterium bovis
mycobacterium chelonae
mycobacterium fortuitum (current term)
mycobacterium haemophilum
mycobacterium infections
mycobacterium kansasii
mycobacterium leprae
mycobacterium lepraemurium
mycobacterium marinum
mycobacterium paratuberculosis
mycobacterium phlei
mycobacterium scrofulaceum
mycobacterium tuberculosis
mycobacterium ulcerans
mycobacterium xenopi
mycobactin
mycobiont

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