title: Osteomyelitis Infection of Mycobacterium marinum: A Case Report and Literature Review.
abstract: Mycobacterium marinum (M. marinum) is a ubiquitous waterborne organism that grows optimally at temperatures around 30°C. It is a nontuberculous Mycobacterium found in nonchlorinated water with worldwide prevalence. It is the most common atypical Mycobacterium that causes opportunistic infection in humans. M. marinum can cause superficial infections and localized invasive infections in humans, with the hands being the sites most frequently affected. It can cause skin lesions, which are either single, papulonodular lesions, confined to an extremity, or may resemble cutaneous sporotrichosis. This infection can also cause deeper infections including tenosynovitis, bursitis, arthritis, and osteomyelitis. Disseminated infections and visceral involvements have been reported in immunocompromised patients. We here report a case of severe deep soft tissue infection with necrotizing fasciitis and osteomyelitis of the left upper extremity (LUE) caused by M. marinum in an immunocompromised patient.
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Mailstop 715, Doctors Park 6A, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
authors: Hao H
authors: HH
authors: Nguyen
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Mailstop 715, Doctors Park 6A, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
authors: Nada
authors: N
authors: Fadul
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Mailstop 715, Doctors Park 6A, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
authors: Muhammad S
authors: MS
authors: Ashraf
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Mailstop 715, Doctors Park 6A, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
authors: Dawd S
authors: DS
authors: Siraj