Mycobacterium senegalense Tissue Infection in a Child After Fish Tank Exposure
The present report describes the first known case of an otherwise healthy child who developed a soft tissue infection due to Mycobacterium senegalense – a pathogen usually found in east Africa that is responsible for infecting various animals. The patient presented with nonhealing wounds after susta...
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
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| author | Rachel Talavlikar Julie Carson Bonnie Meatherill Shalini Desai Meenu Sharma Cary Shandro Gregory J. Tyrrell Susan Kuhn |
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| description | The present report describes the first known case of an otherwise healthy child who developed a soft tissue infection due to Mycobacterium senegalense – a pathogen usually found in east Africa that is responsible for infecting various animals. The patient presented with nonhealing wounds after sustaining facial lacerations from the shattered glass of a fish tank. The patient responded well to scar revision and antibiotics, with no subsequent relapse. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dcf083bc0b2e47b996634b1eff6784db2025-02-03T01:00:34ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322011-01-0122310110310.1155/2011/206532Mycobacterium senegalense Tissue Infection in a Child After Fish Tank ExposureRachel Talavlikar0Julie Carson1Bonnie Meatherill2Shalini Desai3Meenu Sharma4Cary Shandro5Gregory J. Tyrrell6Susan Kuhn7Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaPublic Health Agency of Canada, CanadaNational Reference Centre for Mycobacteriology, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, CanadaProvincial Laboratory for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaProvincial Laboratory for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaThe present report describes the first known case of an otherwise healthy child who developed a soft tissue infection due to Mycobacterium senegalense – a pathogen usually found in east Africa that is responsible for infecting various animals. The patient presented with nonhealing wounds after sustaining facial lacerations from the shattered glass of a fish tank. The patient responded well to scar revision and antibiotics, with no subsequent relapse.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/206532 |
| spellingShingle | Rachel Talavlikar Julie Carson Bonnie Meatherill Shalini Desai Meenu Sharma Cary Shandro Gregory J. Tyrrell Susan Kuhn Mycobacterium senegalense Tissue Infection in a Child After Fish Tank Exposure Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Mycobacterium senegalense Tissue Infection in a Child After Fish Tank Exposure |
| title_full | Mycobacterium senegalense Tissue Infection in a Child After Fish Tank Exposure |
| title_fullStr | Mycobacterium senegalense Tissue Infection in a Child After Fish Tank Exposure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mycobacterium senegalense Tissue Infection in a Child After Fish Tank Exposure |
| title_short | Mycobacterium senegalense Tissue Infection in a Child After Fish Tank Exposure |
| title_sort | mycobacterium senegalense tissue infection in a child after fish tank exposure |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/206532 |
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