“…Nevertheless, several reports have described cases of sarcoidosis preceded by infection with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) (56,59), M. marinum infection, and other atypical mycobacteria, including Bacille Calmette-Gué rin vaccination (59)(60)(61)(62)(63). Sarcoidosis is one of the conditions to be considered in the differential diagnosis of M. marinum infection, a disease in which AFB are detected in only 22% of active cases (64).…”