Mycobacterium kansasii
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Mycobacterium kansasii is a slow-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly causes pulmonary infections resembling tuberculosis, particularly in immunocompromised individuals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mycobacterium kansasii canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466495 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mycobacterium kansasii Context triple: [Mycobacterium, includesSpecies, Mycobacterium kansasii]
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A.
Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium is a genus of rod-shaped, often slow-growing bacteria that includes important human pathogens such as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
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B.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterial species that causes most cases of human tuberculosis, primarily affecting the lungs and spreading through airborne transmission.
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C.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is a group of closely related mycobacterial species that cause tuberculosis in humans and various animals.
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D.
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing, pathogenic bacterium that primarily causes tuberculosis in cattle and can infect humans, and it serves as the basis for the widely used BCG vaccine.
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E.
Malacobacter
Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mycobacterium kansasii Target entity description: Mycobacterium kansasii is a slow-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly causes pulmonary infections resembling tuberculosis, particularly in immunocompromised individuals.
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A.
Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium is a genus of rod-shaped, often slow-growing bacteria that includes important human pathogens such as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
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B.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterial species that causes most cases of human tuberculosis, primarily affecting the lungs and spreading through airborne transmission.
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C.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is a group of closely related mycobacterial species that cause tuberculosis in humans and various animals.
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D.
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing, pathogenic bacterium that primarily causes tuberculosis in cattle and can infect humans, and it serves as the basis for the widely used BCG vaccine.
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E.
Malacobacter
Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
acid-fast bacillus
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bacterial species ⓘ non-tuberculous mycobacterium ⓘ |
| acidFastStain | Ziehl–Neelsen positive ⓘ |
| cellMorphology | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| clinicalPresentation | tuberculosis-like pulmonary disease ⓘ |
| colonyMorphology | photochromogenic ⓘ |
| cultureMedium |
Lowenstein–Jensen medium
NERFINISHED
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Middlebrook 7H10 agar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diagnosticMethod |
16S rRNA gene sequencing
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bronchoalveolar lavage culture ⓘ line probe assay ⓘ nucleic acid amplification test ⓘ sputum culture ⓘ |
| differentialDiagnosis |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
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other non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease ⓘ |
| disease |
cavitary lung disease
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chronic lung disease ⓘ disseminated infection ⓘ lymphadenitis ⓘ pulmonary infection ⓘ skin and soft tissue infection ⓘ |
| drugResistance | variable resistance to isoniazid ⓘ |
| drugSusceptibility |
usually susceptible to ethambutol
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usually susceptible to rifampin ⓘ |
| family | Mycobacteriaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Mycobacterium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| geographicPrevalence | higher in industrialized countries ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| growthRate | slow-growing ⓘ |
| growthTemperature | optimal around 37 °C ⓘ |
| notTransmittedBy | person-to-person contact ⓘ |
| order | Corynebacteriales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | opportunistic pathogen ⓘ |
| phylum | Actinobacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pigmentProduction | yellow pigment in light ⓘ |
| reservoir |
municipal water systems
ⓘ
natural water sources ⓘ tap water ⓘ |
| riskFactor |
AIDS
NERFINISHED
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HIV infection ⓘ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ⓘ immunosuppression ⓘ silicosis ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute | environmental exposure ⓘ |
| treatment |
ethambutol-containing regimen
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isoniazid-containing regimen ⓘ rifampin-based multidrug therapy ⓘ |
| treatmentDuration | at least 12 months after culture conversion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mycobacterium kansasii Description of subject: Mycobacterium kansasii is a slow-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly causes pulmonary infections resembling tuberculosis, particularly in immunocompromised individuals.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.