Nostril infection due to Mycobacterium marinum in an immunocompetent host.
Mycobacterium marinum infection developed in the nostril of an immunocompetent host whose only risk factors were infrequent swimming and cleaning of a small fish bowl on a single occasion. The lesion relapsed after 2 surgical excisions but resolved slowly with a 9-month course of trimethoprim/sulfa therapy.
Khosrovaneh
Amir
A
Department of Medicine, St John Hospital & Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan 48236, USA.
Briski
Laurence E
LE
Jankowski
Edward
E
Khatib
Riad
R
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D019910:Mycobacterium marinum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
D000995:Antitubercular Agents