Multiple Choice
Mycobacterium fortuitum, M.chelonae, and M.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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