Infections Caused by Opportunistic Mycobacteria

Grange, J. M.; Yates,

doi:10.1177/014107688708000130

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“…Since clarithromycin can be prescribed in children, it would have been an alternative treatment for our patient. In vitro sensitivity tests may not be helpful in opportunistic mycobacterial infections (16), as our patient responded well to rifampicin even though the organism was reported lo be resistant to this drug in vitro. The usual length of treatment in reported cases is about 6 weeks (4), but there is considerable variation.…”

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Fish Tank Granuloma in a 14‐Month‐Old Girl

1997

Pediatric Dermatology

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A 14-month-old girl developed a persistent ulcerated nodule on her right lower leg associated with further nodules along the thigh. A clinical diagnosis of fish tank granuloma was suspected because of tropical fish tanks at home. The diagnosis was confirmed when Mycobacterium marinum was isolated from low-temperature culture of skin tissue. The child made a complete recovery following treatment with rifampicin for 6 months despite in vitro sensitivity tests reporting resistance. M. marinum infection is uncommon in children, but the diagnosis should be considered in children presenting with chronic skin lesions spreading in a sporotrichoid pattern.

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Fish Tank Granuloma in a 14‐Month‐Old Girl

1997

Pediatric Dermatology

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“…3 It infects the lungs of middle aged men, particularly when there is pre-existing lung damage. 14 The environmental source of the organism is unknown, and person to person transmission rarely occurs.…”

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Atypical mycobacterial infection of the lung in rheumatoid arthritis.

Watkin

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Nisar

et al. 1989

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

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“…Most infections of the hand are caused by a small group of common organisms. The rise in atypical infections is largely a result of the growing number of immunocompromised patients [1]. Antimicrobial resistance is rising, which makes appropriate diagnosis and treatment essential.…”

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confidence: 99%