Mycobacterium marinum: a case of skin granuloma complicated by tenosynovitis of the extensors.
The authors report the case of a male patient who owned a tropical aquarium and who developed a M. marinum skin infection of the wrist. The clinical findings and microbiological features of the case are described, as are the difficulty in providing a prompt diagnosis, and the need for surgical treatment and the use of antibiotics to treat the infection.
Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica, Università di Udine, Udine.
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D000328:Adult; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000150:complications; D006686:Hobbies; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D019910:Mycobacterium marinum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000382:microbiology*; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000382:microbiology*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000382:microbiology; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology; D014955:Wrist Joint