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Mycobacterium marinum infection from sea monkeys |
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| Authors: | Jaclyn LeBlanc Duncan Webster Gregory J Tyrrell Isabelle Chiu |
| Affiliation: | 1.Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Dalhousie University, New Brunswick;;2.Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, New Brunswick;;3.The Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (Microbiology) and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta;;4.Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta |
| Abstract: | A case of cutaneous Mycobacterium marinum infection acquired from Artemia nyos (sea monkeys) is presented. The infection was unresponsive to initial antimicrobial therapies. A biopsy of a lesion revealed granulomatous inflammation with cultures that subsequently grew M marinum. A three-month course of clarithromycin provided complete resolution. |
| Keywords: | Brine shrimp Fish tank granuloma Mycobacterium marinum |