What are Mycobacteria Bacterial Infections?

Mycobacteria Bacterial Infections
Digital photos of MODS cultures. Corresponding to: (A, B) Mycobacterium tuberculosis; (C) Objects from sediment and detritus of a mycobacterium negative sample; (D) Mycobacterium kansasii; (E) Mycobacterium avium; (F) Mycobacterium chelonae. Morphological characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a MODS culture for an automatic diagnostics through pattern recognition: Alva A, Aquino F, Gilman RH, Olivares C, Requena D, Gutiérrez AH, Caviedes L, Coronel J, Larson S, Sheen P, Moore DA, Zimic M - PloS one (2013). Not altered. CC.

Mycobacteria Bacterial Infections are a group of multisystem infections caused by the members of the family Mycobacteriaceae.

Examples of mycobacteria bacterial infections include: 

  • Leprosy
  • Mycobacterium avium complex
  • Tuberculosis