Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
Mycobacterium scrofulaceum is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Slow-growing acid fast bacilli (AFB), nontubercular mycobacterium (NTM).
- Runyon classification Group 2: scotochromogen (meaning develops yellow-orange pigment in either the light or the dark; other members include M. szulgai, M. gordonae).
- World-wide distribution; reservoir is soil, water.
- AFB smear appearance is thicker, longer than M. tuberculosis but definitive identification depends on culture.
- Differentiation from other NTM may be difficult.
- DNA probes or 16s ribosomal sequencing useful.
- Newly described M. parascrofulaceum may account for many clinical isolates. Difficult to distinguish in lab from M. scrofulaceum.
- Most closely related to M. simiae.
- Few human cases makes advice about treatment uncertain.
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Last updated: April 5, 2016
Citation
Auwaerter, Paul. "Mycobacterium Scrofulaceum." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2016. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540369/all/Mycobacterium_scrofulaceum.
Auwaerter P. Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2016. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540369/all/Mycobacterium_scrofulaceum. Accessed October 14, 2019.
Auwaerter, P. (2016). Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540369/all/Mycobacterium_scrofulaceum
Auwaerter P. Mycobacterium Scrofulaceum [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2016. [cited 2019 October 14]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540369/all/Mycobacterium_scrofulaceum.
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