Table 1.
Microbiological classification of NTM. Adapted from Mandell, Douglas and Bennett’s: Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, pages 2844–50 (Mandell et al., 2009).
| Rapid Growing Mycobacteria |
Slow Growing Mycobacteria |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pigmented | Non-pigmented | Photochromogens | Scotochromogens | Nonchromogens |
| M. abscessus | M. mageritense | M. kansasii | M. gordonae | M. avium complex |
| M. chelonae | M. wolkinsky | M. marinum | M. scrofulaceum | M. haemophilum |
| M. fortuitum | M. malmoense | |||
| M. mucogenicum | M. simiae | |||
| M. smegmatis | M. szulgai | |||
| M. ulcerans | ||||
| M. xenopi | ||||
(NTM, Nontuberculous mycobacteria).