title: [Seal finger in Denmark diagnosed by PCR-technique].
abstract: Seal finger is an unusual infection in Denmark but is seen quite often in Greenland. A 69 year-old Danish man developed severe infection after cutting his finger on a sea urchin while handling a fishing net. Treatment with beta-lactam antibiotics had no effect. Standard culture from the lesion was negative. A Mycoplasma species was detected by PCR and DNA sequencing and subsequently cultured on special media. Specifically asked about exposure to sea mammals the patient could inform that a dead seal had also been trapped in the fishing net.
authors.affiliation: Afdeling for Mikrobiologisk Overvågning og Forskning, Statens Serum Institut, Denmark. louisejansen@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Louise Charlotte
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: Ulrik Stenz
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Justesen
authors.forename: Signe Moeslund
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Roos
authors.forename: Rimtas
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dargis
authors.forename: Jørgen Skov
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Jens Jørgen
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kemp
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003718:Denmark; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000382:microbiology*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*