MedicalResearch.com Interview with: George Alangaden MD Senior Staff Physician, Transplant Infectious Diseases Medical Director of Infection Prevention Henry Ford Hospital Professor of Medicine, Wayne State University Infectious Diseases, CFP-316 Detroit, MI  48202 MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Alangaden:

• Infections caused by Mycobacterium marinum infections are rare. A total of 5 patients were identified in our hospital over a 10 year period.

• In all instances the infection affected the skin and soft tissues of the hand and arm and presented as sores or bumps on the skin that did not improve after usual antibiotic therapy.

• All patients had an history of some trauma to the hand and subsequent exposure to water  from home aquariums

• The time to onset of infection after exposure ranged from 11 days to 56 days.

• The median time from infection to diagnosis and appropriate therapy was 161 days (range 33-379 days).

• In all cases the diagnosis was made by doing a skin biopsy.

• All patients were cured after several weeks of treatment with appropriate antibiotics. (more…)