Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), or atypical mycobacteria or mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT), are mycobacteria which do not cause tuberculosis or Hansen's disease (leprosy).

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	Cutaneous infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria: histopathological review of 28 cases. Comparative study ... (439 words) Cutaneous infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria: histopathological review of 28 cases. To evaluate the histopathological features observed in patients with cutaneous infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and to compare the histopathological patterns observed in immunosuppressed patients and normal hosts. In one biopsy (M. chelonae) an acute suppurative folliculitis was observed. MSN Encarta - Romania (1012 words)
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