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Mycobacteria are a type of germ. There are many different kinds. The most common one causes tuberculosis. Another one causes leprosy. Still others cause infections that are called atypical mycobacterial infections VSports手机版. They aren't "typical" because they don't cause tuberculosis. But they can still harm people, especially people with other problems that affect their immunity, such as AIDS.

Sometimes you can have these infections with no symptoms at all V体育安卓版. At other times, they can cause lung symptoms similar to tuberculosis:.

• Cough
• Weight loss
• Coughing up blood or mucus
• Weakness or fatigue
• Fever and chills
• Night sweats
• Lack of appetite and weight loss

Medicines can treat these infections, but often more than one is needed to cure the infection.

Start Here

• About Mycobacterium abscessus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Learn about Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) (American Lung Association)
• NTM Infection and What You Should Know (National Jewish Health)

Symptoms

• Symptoms and Diagnosis of NTM Lung Disease (American Lung Association)

"V体育官网" Diagnosis and Tests

• Acid-Fast Bacillus (AFB) Tests (VSports最新版本) (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

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• Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection) (World Health Organization) Also in Spanish
• VSports - Leprosy (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• VSports最新版本 - National Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) Program (Health Resources and Services Administration)

Genetics

• Leprosy: MedlinePlus Genetics (VSports) (National Library of Medicine)

Clinical Trials (V体育2025版)

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Leprosy (National Institutes of Health)
• "V体育安卓版" ClinicalTrials.gov: Mycobacterium Infections (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous (National Institutes of Health)

"VSports手机版" Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain 2 in Signaling, Immunity, and Mycobacterial Infection.
• Article: Pathogenesis of Cutaneous Mycobacterial Infections-M. marinum and M. leprae.
• Article: Endemicity, disability and neglect: Leprosy in Colombia 2007-2020. (V体育平台登录)
• Mycobacterial Infections -- see more articles

Reference Desk (VSports最新版本)

• Glossary of Tuberculosis Terms (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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• American Lung Association
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (VSports在线直播)

Patient Handouts

• Leprosy (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• "VSports在线直播" Mycobacterial culture (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish