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. 2017 Jan 16;189(2):E76.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.151472. Epub 2016 Aug 22.

Mycobacterium marinum infection with sporotrichoid spread from fish tank exposure

Patrick Fleming  1 , Jay S Keystone  2
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Mycobacterium marinum infection with sporotrichoid spread from fish tank exposure

Patrick Fleming et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Erythematous and ulcerative papulonodules spanning the left arm in sporotrichoid pattern and diagnosed as Mycobacterium marinum infection in a 52-year-old man after lacerating his left index finger while cleaning a fish tank.
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