Mycobacterium marinum Hand Infection in a “Sushi Chef”

Objective: We present the case of a sushi chef with pain and swelling of his index finger and wrist for a year, unresponsive to antibiotics. Methods: Biopsy showed a xanthogranulomatous reaction and positive culture results for Mycobacterium marinum. Results: He was treated with minocycline, clarith...

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Autores principales: Cennimo, David J., Agag, Richard, Fleegler, Earl, Lardizabal, Alfred, Klein, Kenneth M., Wenokor, Cornelia, Swaminathan, Shobha
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Publicado: Open Science Company, LLC 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2763814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19915656
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author Cennimo, David J.
Agag, Richard
Fleegler, Earl
Lardizabal, Alfred
Klein, Kenneth M.
Wenokor, Cornelia
Swaminathan, Shobha
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description Objective: We present the case of a sushi chef with pain and swelling of his index finger and wrist for a year, unresponsive to antibiotics. Methods: Biopsy showed a xanthogranulomatous reaction and positive culture results for Mycobacterium marinum. Results: He was treated with minocycline, clarithromycin, and ethambutol. In addition, he underwent radical synovectomy of the lesion. Conclusion: The combined medical and surgical approach resulted in a positive outcome.
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spelling pubmed-27638142009-11-15 Mycobacterium marinum Hand Infection in a “Sushi Chef” Cennimo, David J. Agag, Richard Fleegler, Earl Lardizabal, Alfred Klein, Kenneth M. Wenokor, Cornelia Swaminathan, Shobha Eplasty Article Objective: We present the case of a sushi chef with pain and swelling of his index finger and wrist for a year, unresponsive to antibiotics. Methods: Biopsy showed a xanthogranulomatous reaction and positive culture results for Mycobacterium marinum. Results: He was treated with minocycline, clarithromycin, and ethambutol. In addition, he underwent radical synovectomy of the lesion. Conclusion: The combined medical and surgical approach resulted in a positive outcome. Open Science Company, LLC 2009-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC2763814/ /pubmed/19915656 Text en Copyright © 2009 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article whereby the authors retain copyright of the work. The article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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