Mycobacterium marinum skin infection with tenosynovitis successfully treated with doxycycline.
Skin infection with Mycobacterium marinum can rarely spread to deeper structures, making it more difficult to treat. We report a case of a M. marinum skin infection and hand tenosynovitis that showed a good response to monotherapy with doxycycline in spite of severe hand movement impairment.
Osorio
Filipa
F
Hospital de Sao Joao E.P.E., Porto, Portugal. filipaosorio@gmail.com
Magina
Sofia
S
Carvalho
Teresa
T
Goncalves
Maria Helena
MH
Azevedo
Filomena
F
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001132:Arm; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019910:Mycobacterium marinum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000209:etiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline