Mycobacterium szulgai
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Mycobacterium szulgai /
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- Slow-growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium
- Rare pathogen
- Pulmonary infection is most common manifestation
- May be clinically and radiologically confused with pulmonary tuberculosis
- Extrapulmonary disease includes tenosynovitis, bursitis, osteomyelitis, keratitis, cervical lymphadenitis
- Isolated from environmental snails, aquarium water, swimming pools, tropical fish and hospital water
- in vitro susceptibility to most anti-tuberculous drugs
