Abstract
A 70-year-old man came to the clinic with skin lesions after he cut himself with an orchid leaf. Physical examination showed some crusts at the cut and erythematous soft nodules on the back of his hand. It appeared the man also had an aquarium. The skin lesions were caused by Mycobacterium marinum.
Publication types
-
Case Reports
-
English Abstract
MeSH terms
-
Aged
-
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
-
Hand / microbiology*
-
Hand / pathology*
-
Humans
-
Male
-
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
-
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
-
Mycobacterium marinum / isolation & purification*
-
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / diagnosis*
-
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / drug therapy
-
Tetracyclines / therapeutic use
-
Treatment Outcome
Substances
-
Anti-Bacterial Agents
-
Tetracyclines