A rapidly growing non-tuberculous environmental mycobacterium causing OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION that infects the skin and subcutaneous tissues. It is associated with HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION and causes serious lung infections in persons with various chronic lung diseases.
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Mycobacteroides abscessus — Mycobacterium abscessus Complex — Mycobacterium chelonae abscessus — Mycobacterium massiliense — Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. massiliense — Mycobacterium abscessus abscessus — Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. abscessus — Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus — Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies abscessus — Mycobacterium abscessus bolletii — Mycobacterium bolletii — Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii — Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies bolletii