Mycobacterium szulgai

Mycobacterium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Suborder: Corynebacterineae
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species: M. szulgai

Mycobacterium szulgai is a species of Mycobacterium. It is a Scotochromogen and is currently ungrouped. It is known to cause skin infections.[1]

References

  1. Hizawa K, Nagata Y, Kudo T, Taniguchi M, Matsumoto T, Iida M (September 2009). "[A case of steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis complicated by skin infection of Mycobacterium szulgai]". Nippon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi (in Japanese) 106 (9): 1359–63. PMID 19734708.