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MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM INFECTION FROM A TROPICAL FISH TANK
Author(s) -
Kelly Robert
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb130426.x
Subject(s) - mycobacterium marinum , fish <actinopterygii> , lesion , veterinary medicine , medicine , biology , anatomy , mycobacterium , surgery , pathology , fishery , tuberculosis
A paronychial granuloma on the left thumb, in a man who kept tanks of tropical fish, was followed by cutaneous nodules on the left upper limb and tender lymph nodes in the left axilla. Mycobacterium marinum was isolated from the lesion on the thumb and also from the tank water. Subsidence of the lesions followed administration of trimethoprim and sulphamethoxazole.