Tuberculosis in marine tropical fishes in an aquarium.
Skin, gill and visceral tubercle lesions were detected in marine tropical fish in an aquarium. Ninety-seven fish of 17 different genera were affected. The tubercles consisted of a wall of densely packed epithelioid cells and necrotic center packed with acid-fast bacilli identified as Mycobacterium marinum.
D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005399:Fishes; D006799:Housing, Animal; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology