Abstract
The Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus group of rapidly-growing mycobacteria was recently revised, which resulted in the inclusion of new members (M. salmoniphilum e "M. franklinii"), and the reunion of three species species (M. abscessus, M. massiliense and M. bolletii) within a single species - M. abscessus, with the description of two M. abscessus subspecies (subsp. abscess…