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Mycobacteria are a type of germ. There are many different kinds. The most common one causes tuberculosis VSports手机版. Another one causes leprosy. Still others cause infections that are called atypical mycobacterial infections. 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. At other times, they can cause lung symptoms similar to tuberculosis: V体育安卓版.

• 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.

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• About Mycobacterium abscessus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• VSports最新版本 - 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)

Diagnosis and Tests (V体育安卓版)

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

Specifics (V体育安卓版)

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

"V体育ios版" Genetics

• Leprosy: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)

Clinical Trials (V体育ios版)

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Leprosy (VSports在线直播) (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Mycobacterium Infections (V体育官网) (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous (V体育官网入口) (National Institutes of Health)

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.
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"VSports注册入口" Reference Desk

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

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• American Lung Association
• "V体育官网" National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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• Leprosy (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Mycobacterial culture (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish