Mycobacterium marinum infection of the hand presenting as a nodular skin lesion
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Mycobacterium marinum as a cause of skin chronic granulomatous in the hand
Background: Mycobacterium marinum infection has a worldwide distribution and the organism occupies many aquatic environments. Infections in human consist of nodular cutaneous lesions that can progress to tenosynovitis, arthritis, and osteomyelitis. Case presentation: A 27-year-old man was presented with a history of swelling and exudative erythematous lesions and pustules of the right forearm. ...
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background: mycobacterium marinum infection has a worldwide distribution and the organism occupies many aquatic environments. infections in human consist of nodular cutaneous lesions that can progress to tenosynovitis, arthritis, and osteomyelitis. case presentation: a 27-year-old man was presented with a history of swelling and exudative erythematous lesions and pustules of the right forearm. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2405-5794
DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2020.100166