title: Mycobacterium marinum infections.
abstract: Mycobacterium marinum is a saprophytic mycobacteria capable of causing soft tissue infection in humans, usually acquired by inoculation. As with other mycobacterial infections, diagnosis may be difficult and recent developments in molecular biology are also being applied to atypical mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium marinum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Blackwell