The common disease that is caused by Mycobacterium is Tuberculosis or TB which is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The two important diseases that are caused by Mycobacterium are Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes tuberculosis, and Mycobacterium leprae, which causes leprosy.
The symptoms of non tuberculosis Mycobacterium are chronic coughing and a cough that produces mucus and as it progresses you may sometimes even cough up blood.
Other general symptoms which help distinguish non tuberculosis mycobacterium from other lung diseases are deep fatigue, night sweats, low grade fever and unexplained loss of weight and loss of appetite.
The reason it's so hard to treat Mycobacterium is because mycobacteria are intrinsically resistant to not only the classical anti-tuberculous drugs, but also to most of the antibiotics that are currently available.
The treatment regimen for Mycobacterium is a combination of three to four antibiotics, such as clarithromycin, azithromycin, rifampin, rifabutin, ethambutol, streptomycin, and amikacin.
The first line treatment for Mycobacterium is antitubercular medications which include rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol.
Mycobacterium can go away and with time and treatment mycobacterium can most often be cured.
The treatment for Mycobacterium is 1 to 2 years.
Doctors will prescribe the medication for mycobacterium until no more bacterium are found in a sputum culture for a minimum of 1 year.
Your sputum is also often tested every 2 months during any follow up visits with your doctor.
The most common mycobacterial infection is mycobacterium avium that can cause symptoms that are similar to tuberculosis which include fatigue, fever, cough and weight loss.
Mycobacterial infections are complex diseases and even more so in people that are suffering from immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs).
Mycobacterial infections can cause tuberculosis, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) pulmonary infections, other localized NTM or disseminated infections, leprosy, and chronic ulcers (Buruli ulcer).
Someone can develop a nontuberculous mycobacterial infection if you drink contaminated water.
Bacteria can also enter the body through a break in the skin, such as a puncture wound that gets contaminated with water or soil.
Inhaling the bacteria also puts you at risk for infection.
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Symptoms of pulmonary NTM infection are similar to those of tuberculosis and include cough with sputum production, shortness of breath, tiredness or fatigue, fever, unplanned weight loss, lack of appetite, night sweats, and coughing up blood.