MeSH definition : A rapidly growing non-tuberculous environmental mycobacterium causing OPPORTUNISTIC
INFECTION that infects the skin and subcutaneous tissues. It is associated with HEALTH
CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION and causes serious lung infections in persons with various
chronic lung diseases.;
A rapidly growing non-tuberculous environmental mycobacterium causing OPPORTUNISTIC
INFECTION that infects the skin and subcutaneous tissues. It is associated with HEALTH
CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION and causes serious lung infections in persons with various
chronic lung diseases.