Amputation of a finger in a patient with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium marinum skin infection

Mycobacterium marinum is the etiologic agent of fish tank granuloma. The clinical course is usually benign: spontaneous healing is possible within weeks or months. However, fish tank granuloma is sometimes resistant to several antibiotics. We report a case of M. marinum infection of a finger in a 73...

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Autores principales: Veraldi, Stefano, Pontini, Paolo, Nazzaro, Gianluca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6214415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30464549
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S179815
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Pontini, Paolo
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description Mycobacterium marinum is the etiologic agent of fish tank granuloma. The clinical course is usually benign: spontaneous healing is possible within weeks or months. However, fish tank granuloma is sometimes resistant to several antibiotics. We report a case of M. marinum infection of a finger in a 73-year-old cook. The disease was resistant to a number of antibiotics and required the amputation. The history of this patient testifies that M. marinum can be resistant to several antibiotics and that skin infections can be sometimes so severe as to require the amputation of a finger.
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spelling pubmed-62144152018-11-21 Amputation of a finger in a patient with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium marinum skin infection Veraldi, Stefano Pontini, Paolo Nazzaro, Gianluca Infect Drug Resist Case Report Mycobacterium marinum is the etiologic agent of fish tank granuloma. The clinical course is usually benign: spontaneous healing is possible within weeks or months. However, fish tank granuloma is sometimes resistant to several antibiotics. We report a case of M. marinum infection of a finger in a 73-year-old cook. The disease was resistant to a number of antibiotics and required the amputation. The history of this patient testifies that M. marinum can be resistant to several antibiotics and that skin infections can be sometimes so severe as to require the amputation of a finger. Dove Medical Press 2018-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6214415/ /pubmed/30464549 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S179815 Text en © 2018 Veraldi et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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title Amputation of a finger in a patient with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium marinum skin infection
title_full Amputation of a finger in a patient with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium marinum skin infection
title_fullStr Amputation of a finger in a patient with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium marinum skin infection
title_full_unstemmed Amputation of a finger in a patient with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium marinum skin infection
title_short Amputation of a finger in a patient with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium marinum skin infection
title_sort amputation of a finger in a patient with multidrug-resistant mycobacterium marinum skin infection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6214415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30464549
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S179815
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