M. abscessus, M. africanum, M. alvei, M. asiaticum, M. aurum, M. avium, M. bohemicum, M. bovis, M. branderi, M. brumae, M. celatum, M. chelonae, M. chubense, M. confluentis, M. conspicuum, M. cookii, M. flavescens, M. fortuitum, M. gadium, M. gastri, M. genavense, M. gordonae, M. goodii, M. haemophilum, M. hassicum, M. intracellulare, M. interjectum, M. heidelberense, M. kansasii, M. lentiflavum, M. leprae, M. malmoense, M. marinum, M. microgenicum, M. microti, M. mucogenicum, M. neoaurum, M. nonchromogenicum, M. peregrinum, M. phlei, M. scrofulaceum, M. shimoidei, M. simiae, M. smegmatis, M. szulgai, M. terrae, M. thermoresistabile, M. triplex, M. triviale, M. tuberculosis, M. tusciae, M. ulcerans, M. vaccae, M. wolinskyi, M. xenopi - are spp. reported to be associated with infections in humans
Agents of tuberculosis are M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. africanum - therapeutic agents - isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, streptomycin - susceptibility variable
M. leprae - associated with leprosy - therapeutic agents, dapsone,rifampicin, clofazimine
M. scrofulaceum - associated with cervical adenitis
M. ulcerans - associated with Buruli ulcer
M. marinum - associated with fish-tank granuloma
M. malmoense, M. szulgai, M. kansasii, M. xenopi - associated with pulmonary infection
M. intracellulare, M. avium - associated with systemic infection in imunocompromised patients - therapeutic agents macrolides, fluoroquinolones, anti-TB agents
"Rapid growers" - M. abscessus, M. chelonae, M. fortuitum - associated with post-inoculation infection, pulmonary and systemic infection - therapeutic agents - co-trimoxazole, imipenem, amikacin
Reference - Falkinham, J.O. 3rd. (1996). Epidemiology of infection by nontuberculous mycobacteria. Clin. microbiol. Rev.9, 177-215.
