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Mycobacterium marinum skin infections mimicking cutaneous leishmaniasis
Author(s) -
EVENPAZ Z.,
HAAS H.,
SACKS T.,
ROSENMANN E.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1976.tb06122.x
Subject(s) - venereology , hebrew , clinical microbiology , university hospital , medical school , medicine , dermatology , family medicine , library science , history , classics , medical education , biology , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology
SUMMARY Ten cases of skin infection due to Mycobacterium marinum are reported from Israel. Most of the infections were contracted in natural bathing pools at Ein Fcshka on the shores of the Dead Sea, south of Jericho. The lesions closely resembled those of cutaneous leishmaniasis prevalent in this region. The condition does not seem to have been detected previously in the Middle East.