To the Editor:Mycobacterium marinum is a nontuberculous mycobacterium that can cause opportunistic infections in humans,ranging from a single cutaneous lesion to disseminated disease.[1]It was first isolated from a fi...To the Editor:Mycobacterium marinum is a nontuberculous mycobacterium that can cause opportunistic infections in humans,ranging from a single cutaneous lesion to disseminated disease.[1]It was first isolated from a fish in 1926 and identified as a cause of human infection in 1951.[1]The estimated annual incidence ranges from 0.04 to 0.27 per 100,000 persons in different countries.Outbreaks of M.marinum infections related to handling fish are not common,but have also been reported.展开更多
基金Academic promotion program of Shandong First Medical University(Nos. 2019LJ002, 2019RC007, and 2020RC001)Innovation Project of Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences+2 种基金the Shandong Province Taishan Scholar Project(Nos. tsqn201812124 and tspd20150214)Youth Technology Innovation Support Project of Shandong Colleges and Universities(No. 2019KJL003)Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No. ZR2018BC020)
文摘To the Editor:Mycobacterium marinum is a nontuberculous mycobacterium that can cause opportunistic infections in humans,ranging from a single cutaneous lesion to disseminated disease.[1]It was first isolated from a fish in 1926 and identified as a cause of human infection in 1951.[1]The estimated annual incidence ranges from 0.04 to 0.27 per 100,000 persons in different countries.Outbreaks of M.marinum infections related to handling fish are not common,but have also been reported.
