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- Title
Disseminated Invasive Mycobacterium marinum Infection Involving the Lung of a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus.
- Authors
Tae-Hoon Oh; Uh Jin Kim; Seung-Ji Kang; Hee-Chang Jang; Kyung-Hwa Park; Sook In Jung; Joon Hwan Ahn
- Abstract
Mycobacterium marinum infection in humans occurs mainly as a granulomatous infection after exposure of traumatized skin to contaminated water. It is usually confined to the skin and soft tissue. Disseminated disease involving other organs rarely occurs in immunocompetent patients. Here, we report a case of disseminated M. marinum infection involving not only the ajtaneous tissue, but also the lung of a male patient with uncontrolled diabetes and a previous history of steroid injection who was employed by a deep-water fishery.
- Subjects
MYCOBACTERIUM marinum; PEOPLE with diabetes; STEROIDS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients; INJECTIONS
- Publication
Infection & Chemotherapy, 2018, Vol 50, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
2093-2340
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3947/ic.2018.50.1.59