Skin infection with Mycobacterium marinum from a tropical fish tank.
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Skin infection with Mycobacterium marinum from a tropical fish tank.
Opportunist acid-fast bacilli sometimes cause progressive indolent infections of the skin, producing nodules, granulomatous lesions, abscesses, or ulcers. Some of these mycobacteria prefer temperatures lower than 370C for growth, and minor trauma or devitalized tissue probably aid their entry and establishment. One such organism, Mycobacterium marinum (balnei), was identified as the cause of ep...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5760.505