Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. bolletii 5247 Genome sequencing. Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. bolletii 5247

This organism causes a chronic lung infection, similar to tuberculosis, in patients with cystic fibrosis. Mycobacterium abscessus also causes wound and ear infections, and in immunosuppressed patients causes a generalized skin infection. This organism is very resistant to many commonly used antibiotics, which makes treatment difficult. This strain was isolated in 2004 from a patient during an outbreak of surgical infections in Belém, State of Pará, Brazil.