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3423745

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
Two cases of aquarium-associated Mycobacterium marinum infections are described. Neither was cured by the initial therapy consisting of surgical excision followed by doxycycline treatment. Both strains of M. marinum were shown to be resistant to doxycycline. In one patient the lesions were subsequently healed with cotrimoxazole. The other patient, a 12-year-old girl with sporotrichoid spread of the lesions on the lower arm, failed to respond satisfactorily to a combination of rifampicin and ethambutol despite favourable effect in vitro of both drugs. Nine months after the initial treatment, the infection was finally cured with renewed surgery followed by additional chemotherapy with rifampicin and ethambutol. No signs of immunological disorder could be detected in the patient. Increased awareness of the possibility of tetracycline resistance of M. marinum is advocated. A combination of adequate chemotherapy and surgical intervention may be required at least in complicated cases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-5548
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
539-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Failure of doxycycline treatment in aquarium-associated Mycobacterium marinum infections.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Lund, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports