title: [A man with skin lesions on the back of his hand].
abstract: A 70-year-old man came to the clinic with skin lesions after he cut himself with an orchid leaf. Physical examination showed some crusts at the cut and erythematous soft nodules on the back of his hand. It appeared the man also had an aquarium. The skin lesions were caused by Mycobacterium marinum.
authors.affiliation: Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, afd. Dermatologie, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. r.waalboer@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waalboer Spuij
authors.forename: Miriam A M
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Loots
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D019910:Mycobacterium marinum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013754:Tetracyclines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013754:Tetracyclines