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Mycobacterium marinum infection after exposure to coal mine water

  • Moises A. Huaman
  • , Julie A. Ribes
  • , Kristine M. Lohr
  • , Martin E. Evans

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Abstract

Mycobacterium marinum infection has been historically associated with exposure to aquariums, swimming pools, fish, or other marine fauna. We present a case of M marinum left wrist tenosynovitis and elbow bursitis associated with a puncture injury and exposure to coal mine water in Illinois.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberofv205
JournalOpen Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2016

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

  • Coal mines
  • Mycobacterium marinum
  • Water exposure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Clinical Neurology

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