The term "chromogenic mycobacteria" is but one of several commonly used to describe acid-fast bacilli which differ from M. tuberculosis, and which for the past ten years have been isolated from clinical specimens with steadily increasing frequency. Additional terms which have been used in recent scientific literature and which are usually, but not necessarily synonymous with "chromogenic mycobacteria", include: "atypica", "anonymous" , "paratubercle", "unclassified", "nontuberculous acid-fast bacilli", "unidentified mycobacteria", and "MOTT bacilli" (mycobacteria-other-than tubercle-bacilli). The terms "yellow bacilli", "orange bacilli", and "Battey" refer to specific varieties within the general group. The current trend in terminology favors "unclassified" as suggested by the American Thoracic Society (1961), but the American Review of Respiratory Diseases in recent months (1964) has indicated its intention to use only the term "atypical". [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.116820 |
| Date | January 1965 |
| Creators | Butler, Ralph W. |
| Contributors | Kalz, G. (Supervisor), Reed, R. W. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Bacteriology & Immunology. ) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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