Treatment of Mycobacterium marinum with lymecycline: new therapeutic alternative?
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Treatment of Mycobacterium marinum with lymecycline: new therapeutic alternative?*
Skin infections by Mycobacterium marinum are quite rare in our environment and, therefore, little studied. The majority of the lesions appear three weeks after traumas in aquariums, beaches and fish tanks. Lymph node drainage and systematization of the disease are rare and most lesions disappear in about three years. This case aims to show the effectiveness of the treatment used (lymecycline 15...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0365-0596
DOI: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153090