rapidly-growing Mycobacterium (RGM)

Introduction

Mycobacteria that grow in culture in < 7 days

Epidemiology

• sometimes acquired by direct inoculation

Pathology

• pulmonary infection
• skin infection & soft tissue infection

Laboratory

• culture: growth in < 7 days
• antibiotic suscetibility testing

Management

• combination antibiotic therapy dependent upon antibiotic suscetibility testing

More general terms

• Mycobacterium