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Fish Tank Granuloma Caused by Mycobacterium marinum in Two Aquarists: Two Case Reports

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
produzione e raccolta
trasformazione e commercializzazione

RIASSUNTO

Mycobacterium marinum, the cause of chronic systemic infections in fish, occasionally causes granulomatous skin and soft tissue lesions in humans. Cutaneous mycobacterial infection in two patients owing to unusual circumstances is presented in this report. The first patient was infected through improper hygienic behavior, while infection in the second patient was previously misdiagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis and treated with methylprednisolone for a period of three months, which resulted in a rare systemic spread of M. marinum into the bones of the hand, testis, and epididymis. Simultaneously, screening for possible sources of M. marinum infection in patients' aquaria revealed positive fish harboring VNTR profiles identical to those obtained for clinical isolates from patients.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 01/01/2013

AUTORI

SLANY MICHAL
JEZEK PETR
BODNAROVA MONIKA

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

VETERINARY RSCH INST HUDCOVA 70 621 00 BRNO CZECH REPUBLIC
DEPT CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & PARASITOLOGY COUNTY HOSPITAL PRIBRAM 261 95 PRIBRAM CZECH REPUBLIC
DEPT DERMATOVENEROLOGY GEN UNIV HOSPITAL & 1ST FACULTY OF MEDICINE CHARLES UNIV 128 21 PRAGUE CZECH REPUBLIC

RIVISTA

BioMed Research International, 2013, 161329

IMPACT FACTOR

2,140

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