Mycobacterium marinum infection: a case report

dc.contributorUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.creatorSette, Christiane Salgado
dc.creatorWachholz, Patrick Alexander [UNESP]
dc.creatorMasuda, Paula Yoshiko
dc.creatorFortes da Costa Figueira, Renata Borges
dc.creatorOliveira Mattar, Fernanda Rodrigues de
dc.creatorUra, Deise Godoy
dc.date2015-10-21T13:09:33Z
dc.date2015-10-21T13:09:33Z
dc.date2015-03-20
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-12T06:33:50Z
dc.date.available2023-09-12T06:33:50Z
dc.identifierhttp://www.jvat.org/content/21/1/7
dc.identifierJournal Of Venomous Animals And Toxins Including Tropical Diseases, v. 21, 5 p., 2015.
dc.identifier1678-9199
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/128399
dc.identifier10.1186/s40409-015-0008-9
dc.identifierWOS:000351827200002
dc.identifierWOS000351827200002.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8777750
dc.descriptionThe infection by Mycobacterium marinum in humans is relatively uncommon. When it occurs, it mainly affects the skin, usually with a chronic, indolent and benign evolution. The diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion, and a significant delay may be observed between the first symptoms to the final diagnosis. This present case reports a M. marinum infection in an immunocompetent patient that had a chronic undiagnosed injury on the dominant hand for at least five years. The patient had several medical consultations, without proper suspicion, hampering adequate diagnostic investigation. Histopathology detected tuberculoid granulomas, but showed no acid-fast bacilli. The culture in appropriate medium and the polymerase chain reaction-restriction enzyme analysis (PRA)-hsp65 confirmed the diagnosis. Treatment with clarithromycin (1 g/day) for three months was effective. Although uncommon, this infection is a contact zoonosis. Therefore, it is important for clinicians to be aware of this diagnosis and properly guide preventable measures to professionals that are in risk group.
dc.descriptionInst Lauro Souza Lima, BR-17034971 Bauru, SP, Brazil
dc.descriptionUniv Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Botucatu Med Sch, Dept Publ Hlth, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.descriptionUniv Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Botucatu Med Sch, Dept Publ Hlth, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.format5
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBiomed Central Ltd
dc.relationJournal Of Venomous Animals And Toxins Including Tropical Diseases
dc.relation1.782
dc.relation0,573
dc.rightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectMycobacterium infections
dc.subjectMycobacterium marinum
dc.subjectCase report
dc.subjectGranuloma
dc.titleMycobacterium marinum infection: a case report
dc.typeArtigo


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