Disseminated Invasive Mycobacterium marinum Infection Involving the Lung of a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus.
- Author:
Tae Hoon OH
1
;
Uh Jin KIM
;
Seung Ji KANG
;
Hee Chang JANG
;
Kyung Hwa PARK
;
Sook In JUNG
;
Joon Hwan AHN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Mycobacterium marinum; Lung; Diabetes mellitus; Steroids
- MeSH: Diabetes Mellitus*; Fisheries; Humans; Lung*; Male; Mycobacterium marinum*; Mycobacterium*; Skin; Steroids; Water
- From:Infection and Chemotherapy 2018;50(1):59-64
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Mycobacterium marinum infection in humans occurs mainly as a granulomatous infection after exposure of traumatized skin to contaminated water. It is usually confined to the skin and soft tissue. Disseminated disease involving other organs rarely occurs in immunocompetent patients. Here, we report a case of disseminated M. marinum infection involving not only the cutaneous tissue, but also the lung of a male patient with uncontrolled diabetes and a previous history of steroid injection who was employed by a deep-water fishery.
