Infections with Myocbacterium marinum

Jolly, Henry W.

doi:10.1001/archderm.106.1.32

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“…marinum and M . perigrinum among people who work in fisheries or swimming pool maintenance is generally reported elsewhere [25, 26]. The rarest cases in the study were the ascites caused by M .…”

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Emergence of Rare Species of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria as Potential Pathogens in Saudi Arabian Clinical Setting

et al. 2017

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BackgroundClinical relevance of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is increasing worldwide including in Saudi Arabia. A high species diversity of NTM’s has been noticed in a recent study. However, the identification in diagnostic laboratories is mostly limited to common species. The impact of NTM species diversity on clinical outcome is so far neglected in most of the clinical settings.Methodology/Principal FindingsDuring April 2014 to September 2015, a nationwide collection of suspected NTM clinical isolates with clinical and demographical data were carried out. Primary identification was performed by commercial line probe assays. Isolates identified up to Mycobacterium species level by line probe assays only were included and subjected to sequencing of 16S rRNA, rpoB, hsp65 and 16S-23S ITS region genes. The sequence data were subjected to BLAST analysis in GenBank and Ez-Taxon databases. Male Saudi nationals were dominated in the study population and falling majorly into the 46–59 years age group. Pulmonary cases were 59.3% with a surprising clinical relevance of 75% based on American Thoracic Society guidelines. Among the 40.7% extra-pulmonary cases, 50% of them were skin infections. The identification revealed 16 species and all of them are reporting for the first time in Saudi Arabia. The major species obtained were Mycobacterium monascence (18.5%), M. cosmeticum (11.1%), M. kubicae (11.1%), M. duvalli (7.4%), M.terrae (7.4%) and M. triplex (7.4%). This is the first report on clinical relevance of M. kubicae, M. tusciae, M.yongonense, M. arupense and M.iranicum causing pulmonary disease and M. monascence, M. duvalli, M. perigrinum, M. insubricum, M. holsaticum and M. kyorinense causing various extra-pulmonary diseases in Saudi Arabia. Ascites caused by M. monascence and cecum infection by M. holsaticum were the rarest incidents.Conclusions/SignificanceTo the first time in the country, clinical significance of various rare NTM’s are well explored and the finding warrants a new threat to the Saudi Arabian clinical settings.

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Emergence of Rare Species of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria as Potential Pathogens in Saudi Arabian Clinical Setting

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“…Diagnosis of M. marinum infection is usually delayed, suggesting that most physicians are not familiar with the disease [ 8 ]. This is probably because of the rareness of the infection and a failure to establish a history of exposure to aquatic environments or to tropical fish.…”

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Osteomyelitis Infection ofMycobacterium marinum: A Case Report and Literature Review

Nguyen

Fadul

Ashraf

et al. 2015

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

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Mycobacterium marinum (M. marinum) is a ubiquitous waterborne organism that grows optimally at temperatures around 30°C. It is a nontuberculous Mycobacterium found in nonchlorinated water with worldwide prevalence. It is the most common atypical Mycobacterium that causes opportunistic infection in humans. M. marinum can cause superficial infections and localized invasive infections in humans, with the hands being the sites most frequently affected. It can cause skin lesions, which are either single, papulonodular lesions, confined to an extremity, or may resemble cutaneous sporotrichosis. This infection can also cause deeper infections including tenosynovitis, bursitis, arthritis, and osteomyelitis. Disseminated infections and visceral involvements have been reported in immunocompromised patients. We here report a case of severe deep soft tissue infection with necrotizing fasciitis and osteomyelitis of the left upper extremity (LUE) caused by M. marinum in an immunocompromised patient.

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“…This has led to the nickname of 'swimming pool granuloma' or 'fish tank granuloma' (7,8). Identified vectors include dolphins, snails, water fleas, saltwater and freshwater fish, oysters and shrimp (7,9,10). Sea monkeys are a type of brine shrimp and the scientific name is A nyos in recognition of the New York Ocean Science (NYOS) Laboratories where they were developed.…”

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“…The treatment of M marinum infections has evolved through the decades from observation to surgery to conservative management with antibiotics (10,17). There is currently no specific algorithm of treatment for M marinum infection; however, guidelines have been published regarding treatment (8).…”

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confidence: 99%