Mycobacterium marinum Infection after Iguana Bite in Costa Rica

Infections after reptile bites are uncommon, and microbial etiologies are not well defined. We describe a case of Mycobacterium marinum soft-tissue infection after an iguana bite in Costa Rica that was diagnosed through 16S rRNA sequencing and mycobacterial culture. This case informs providers of po...

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Autores principales: Mah, Jordan, Walding, Kyle, Liang, Brooke, Rinsky, Laurence, Mathew, Roshni, Budvytiene, Indre, Banaei, Niaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10202850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37209698
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2906.230062
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author Mah, Jordan
Walding, Kyle
Liang, Brooke
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Mathew, Roshni
Budvytiene, Indre
Banaei, Niaz
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description Infections after reptile bites are uncommon, and microbial etiologies are not well defined. We describe a case of Mycobacterium marinum soft-tissue infection after an iguana bite in Costa Rica that was diagnosed through 16S rRNA sequencing and mycobacterial culture. This case informs providers of potential etiologies of infection after iguana bites.
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spelling pubmed-102028502023-06-01 Mycobacterium marinum Infection after Iguana Bite in Costa Rica Mah, Jordan Walding, Kyle Liang, Brooke Rinsky, Laurence Mathew, Roshni Budvytiene, Indre Banaei, Niaz Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Infections after reptile bites are uncommon, and microbial etiologies are not well defined. We describe a case of Mycobacterium marinum soft-tissue infection after an iguana bite in Costa Rica that was diagnosed through 16S rRNA sequencing and mycobacterial culture. This case informs providers of potential etiologies of infection after iguana bites. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10202850/ /pubmed/37209698 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2906.230062 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Mah, Jordan
Walding, Kyle
Liang, Brooke
Rinsky, Laurence
Mathew, Roshni
Budvytiene, Indre
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Mycobacterium marinum Infection after Iguana Bite in Costa Rica
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title_full Mycobacterium marinum Infection after Iguana Bite in Costa Rica
title_fullStr Mycobacterium marinum Infection after Iguana Bite in Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium marinum Infection after Iguana Bite in Costa Rica
title_short Mycobacterium marinum Infection after Iguana Bite in Costa Rica
title_sort mycobacterium marinum infection after iguana bite in costa rica
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10202850/
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