Mycobacterium fortuitum,Mycobacterium chelonae,and Mycobacterium abscessus are:
A)responsible for approximately 90% of clinical mycobacterial disease.
B)unable to grow on routine bacteriologic media.
C)gram-negative rods resembling Escherichia coli on Gram stain.
D)slow growers requiring a minimum of 14 days to grow.

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M.fortuitum,M.chelonae,and M.abscessus are responsible for approximately 90% of clinical mycobacterial disease.They have the ability to grow on routine media,are weakly gram-positive rods that resemble diphtheroids on Gram stain,and are observed as visible colonies that appear on solid media in 7 days or less.

Mycobacterium Fortuitum,Mycobacterium Chelonae,and Mycobacterium Abscessus Are