[Mycobacterium marinum granuloma in a fish fancier. Apropos of a case with sporotrichoid lesions].
A 43-year-old fish fancier with fish tank granuloma presented with a sporotrichoid-like skin infection of the right arm with multiple papulo-nodular lesions along the lymphatic drainage. Acid fast bacilli were found in skin biopsy specimens and Mycobacterium marinum grew in cultures. The clinical and histopathological findings in M. marinum infection are reviewed and the differential diagnosis, laboratory findings with this atypical mycobacterium, and therapeutic modalities are discussed. Finally, the importance of an adequate and pertinent patient's history for a correct and timely diagnosis is stressed.
Service de dermatologie et vénéréologie et Institut de microbiologie, CHUV, Lausanne.
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Borradori
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Baudraz-Rosselet
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Beer
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Monnier
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Frenk
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005399:Fishes; D006686:Hobbies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000254:growth & development*
D004318:Doxycycline
Granulomes à mycobacterium marinum chez un aquariophile. A propos d'un cas avec atteinte sporotrichoïde.