Atypical Mycobacteria

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
AM
Pronunciation
/eɪˈtɪpɪk maɪkoʊˈbæktriə/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Atypical mycobacteria infection of skin
  2. This research confirms that atypical mycobacteria infection may disturb the detection of allergic and serological methods to bovine tuberculosis and paratuberculosis.
  3. The oral cephalosporins do not have any effect on atypical mycobacteria such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae but new quinolones and macrolides are very effective.
  4. The results showed that the PNB 12B method can be considered as an accurate and economic method for primary identification of M. tuberculosis complex and atypical mycobacteria.
  5. Nontuberculous, or atypical, mycobacteria are ubiquitous in the environment, being found in soil, lakes, streams, various food sources, and in domestic animals.

Other meanings of AM