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*Atypical mycobacteriosis is a localized opportunistic skin and subcutaneous infection caused by saprophytic and rapidly growing atypical mycobacteria
*Atypical mycobacteriosis is a localized opportunistic skin and subcutaneous infection caused by saprophytic and rapidly growing atypical mycobacteria
*Granulomatous lesions in [[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Tuberculosis|muscle]] and[[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Bacterial granulomatous dermatitis|skin]]
*Granulomatous lesions in [[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Tuberculosis|muscle]] and[[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Bacterial granulomatous dermatitis|skin]]
===Characteristics===
===Characteristics===
*Resistant to disinfectants and environmental conditions; susceptible to pasteurisation
*Resistant to disinfectants and environmental conditions; susceptible to pasteurisation
*Mycobacteria stain with carbol dyes and resist subsequent decolorization with inorganic acids; this characteristic which is due to the spatial arrangement of mycolic acids within the cell wall makes them acid fast
*Mycobacteria stain with carbol dyes and resist subsequent decolorization with inorganic acids; this characteristic which is due to the spatial arrangement of mycolic acids within the cell wall makes them acid fast
===Identification===
===Identification===