Aquarium-borne Mycobacterium marinum skin infection. Report of a case and review of the literature

Huminer, D.

doi:10.1001/archderm.122.6.698

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“…Clarithromycin seems to be the only effective macrolide in M. marinum skin infections. In fact, erythromycin has not proven to be effective [1,29]. As far as azithromycin is concerned, it was effective in one patient [30]; however, it showed no activity against M. marinum in vitro [9,31].…”

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Treatment of Sporotrichoid Fish Tank Granuloma with Pulsed Clarithromycin

Veraldi¹,

Çuka²,

Nazzaro³

2014

Dermatology

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Background: There is no established therapy of choice for Mycobacterium marinum skin infections; clarithromycin monotherapy was used in some anecdotical cases at changeable daily doses and length. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of pulsed clarithromycin monotherapy. Methods: 29 patients with a clinical diagnosis of sporotrichoid fish tank granuloma were admitted from 2002 to 2013. In 14 patients, the clinical diagnosis was confirmed by history, histopathology and bacteriological examinations. All patients were treated with clarithromycin (500 mg/day for 10 consecutive days/month for 5 months). Results: In 12 out of 14 patients (85.7%) complete clinical remission was recorded. Two patients showed partial remission after 3 months of therapy, but they were lost to follow-up and were therefore not considered evaluable. Conclusion: Our study suggests that pulsed clarithromycin monotherapy is effective and safe in sporotrichoid M. marinum skin infections.

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Treatment of Sporotrichoid Fish Tank Granuloma with Pulsed Clarithromycin

Veraldi¹,

Çuka²,

Nazzaro³

2014

Dermatology

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“…M. marinum causes small ulcers or nodules, usually on the extremities (24). The incubation period is approximately 2 weeks to several months (24).…”

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Emergence of a Unique Group of Necrotizing Mycobacterial Diseases

Dobos

Quinn

Ashford

et al. 1999

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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Although most diseases due to pathogenic mycobacteria are caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, several other mycobacterial diseases—caused by M. ulcerans (Buruli ulcer), M. marinum, and M. haemophilum—have begun to emerge. We review the emergence of diseases caused by these three pathogens in the United States and around the world in the last decade. We examine the pathophysiologic similarities of the diseases (all three cause necrotizing skin lesions) and common reservoirs of infection (stagnant or slow-flowing water). Examination of the histologic and pathogenic characteristics of these mycobacteria suggests differences in the modes of transmission and pathogenesis, though no singular mechanism for either characteristic has been definitively described for any of these mycobacteria.

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“…causes a disease that frequently occurs in laboratory reared mollies. The most common species, M. marinum has a world-wide occurrence in salt and fresh waters as well as in aquaria (Huminer et al 1986). In infected fish, eyes can be distended, forming large transparent blisters.…”

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Cave molly females ( Poecilia mexicana ) avoid parasitised males

Plath

2004

Acta ethologica

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Cave mollies (Poecilia mexicana) inhabit a dark Mexican cave, where visual communication is impossible. I observed the preference of cave molly females to associate with a non-infected male or a male infected with a pathogenic bacterium (Mycobacterium sp.) which causes the formation of large blisters around the eyes of infected fish. Females preferred to stay near the non-infected male only when the two stimulus males were separated from the female by transparent Plexiglas in light, but not when the males were separated by a wiremesh in light (where vision was to some extent hindered, but the females perceived non-visual cues) or in darkness (where only non-visual cues were available). I conclude that the visually mediated preference for non-infected males has been maintained during the colonisation of the lightless habitat, but a preference for this trait on the basis of non-visual cues did not evolve. The cave habitat may be poor in pathogens, resulting in low selection pressure to evolve a non-visual preference for males without bacterial infection.

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Aquarium-borne Mycobacterium marinum skin infection. Report of a case and review of the literature

Cited by 39 publications

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Treatment of Sporotrichoid Fish Tank Granuloma with Pulsed Clarithromycin

Treatment of Sporotrichoid Fish Tank Granuloma with Pulsed Clarithromycin

Emergence of a Unique Group of Necrotizing Mycobacterial Diseases

Cave molly females ( Poecilia mexicana ) avoid parasitised males

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