MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM INFECTION FROM A TROPICAL FISH TANK
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- case report
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 2 (18) , 681-682
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb130426.x
Abstract
A paronychial granuloma on the left thumb, in a man who kept tanks of tropical fish, was followed by cutaneous nodules on the left upper limb and tender lymph nodes in the left axilla. Mycobacterium marinum was isolated from the lesion on the thumb and also from the tank water. Subsidence of the lesions followed administration of trimethoprim and sulphamethoxazole.Keywords
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