Scanning electron micrograph SEM) of a number of Gram-positive bacilli, or "rod-shaped", Mycobacterium fortuitum bacteria. M. fortuitum is classified as a "rapidly-growing" Mycobacterium, due to the fact that it can be grown on laboratory culture medium in less than 7 days. As a human pathogen, this organism has been determined to be the cause of skin infections, including furunculosis, , boils, on the legs of people receiving pedicures in nail salons. As a nontuberculous bacterium (NTB), M. fortuitum is a member of the same genus as its cousin Mycobacterium tuberculosis, however, it is cl
Scanning electron micrograph SEM) of a number of Gram-positive bacilli, or "rod-shaped", Mycobacterium fortuitum bacteria. M. fortuitum is classified as a "rapidly-growing" Mycobacterium, due to the fact that it can be grown on laboratory culture medium in less than 7 days. As a human pathogen, this organism has been determined to be the cause of skin infections, including furunculosis, , boils, on the legs of people receiving pedicures in nail salons. As a nontuberculous bacterium (NTB), M. fortuitum is a member of the same genus as its cousin Mycobacterium tuberculosis, however, it is classified outside the M. tuberculosis complex. Mag., x3841
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