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