Fish tank granuloma: An emerging skin disease in Iran mimicking Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Mycobacterium marinum causes a rare cutaneous disease known as fish tank granuloma (FTG). The disease manifestations resemble those associated with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL). The aim of this study was to determine whether FTG was the cause of cutaneous lesions in patients who were referred to the Parasitology laboratory of Imam Reza Hospital in Mashhad to be investigated for CL.

Materials/methods

One hundered patients, clinically diagnosed with CL between April 2014 and March 2015, were included in this study. Ziehl-Neelsen staining was performed to identify acid-fast Mycobacterium in addition to bacterial cultures using Löwenstein-Jensen medium. Skin lesion samples were also collected and kept on DNA banking cards for PCR testing.

Results

Twenty-nine of

SUBMITTER: Fata A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6752854 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature