Fish tank granuloma not associated to Mycobacterium marinum but to Microbacterium paraoxydans

Rev Med Chil. 2023 Nov;151(11):1538-1541. doi: 10.4067/s0034-98872023001101538.

Abstract

Fish tank granuloma has traditionally been associated with Mycobacterium marinum. We report the case of a 54 old-year woman that worked in a freshwater fish pet store and developed a skin ulcer in a hand finger with a suppurative granuloma secondary to Microbacterium paraoxydans. This is a bacterial fish pathogen, rarely observed in human infections. Identification was performed by colony morphology and MALDI-TOF. She evolved satisfactorily after receiving a sequential treatment with beta-lactams and linezolid. To our knowledge, it is the first known description of this type.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Granuloma* / drug therapy
  • Granuloma* / microbiology
  • Granuloma* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Microbacterium
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
  • Mycobacterium marinum* / isolation & purification