title: [Atypical mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium marinum].
abstract: Granulomatous lesions located on the hand and on the right forearm have been described in a 67-year-old housewife. They appeared after a small lesion caused by a fish bone, from a piece of frozen fish. Clinical aspect and history together with histological examination are typical of an infection by Mycobacterium marinum.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Dermatologica, Università degli Studi di Chieti.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Amerio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carmenini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Mori
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santone
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Micobatteriosi atipica da Mycobacterium marinum.