Type: Micobacteria
Name: Mycobacterium marinum
Importance- to Body:
Cutaneous Infection
Distribution- in Body:
Skin; Ulcers, nodules, or nodular lymphangitis. Rarely, warty nodule or plaque on bony prominence.
Epidemiology:
Food Sources:
Environmental/Geographic Sources:
Before 1962, most cases associated with swimming pools. After 1962, most cases associated with aquarium cleaning, crab pinches, and contact with sea-urchin spines.
Diagonosis:
Biopsy of tissue showing AFB and AFB culture positive
Treatment:
Normally resolves without treatment. Can administer single therapy, but dual therapy is preferred with ciprofloxacin. doxycycline. clarithromycin, or minocycline for 6 to 12 months.
Supplemental information:
Source: Cutaneous Manifestations Of Waterborne Infections by: Lucinda Elko, MD, RPh, Keith Rosenbach, MD, PhD*, and John Sinnott, MD
| Mycobacterium marinum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. marinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium marinum | |
Mycobacterium marinum (formerly M. balnei) is a free-living bacterium, which causes opportunistic infections in humans. M. marinum sometimes causes a rare disease known as aquarium granuloma, which typically affects individuals who work with fish or keep home aquariums.