Mandibular Nodule Caused by Mycobacterium marinum with False Positive Interferon-γ Release Assay

Mycobacterium marinum is a ubiquitous organism inhabiting both fresh and salt water. It can cause human diseases such as skin and soft tissue infection. The organism is also known to cause a false positive reaction to interferon-γ release assay, the test to diagnose latent tuberculosis infection. He...

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Autores principales: Iwata, Kentaro, Takai, Yoshie, Kitada, Nozomi, Morishita, Naomi, Kiyona, Hiroaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10332973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36288986
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.0595-22
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Sumario:Mycobacterium marinum is a ubiquitous organism inhabiting both fresh and salt water. It can cause human diseases such as skin and soft tissue infection. The organism is also known to cause a false positive reaction to interferon-γ release assay, the test to diagnose latent tuberculosis infection. Here, we present a case of submandibular nodule caused by M. marinum with positive T-SPOT(Ⓡ).TB test, which was likely to be false positive.

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