
Aquarium granuloma
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Aquarium granuloma is a skin condition caused by Mycobacterium marinum
, characterized by a skin lesion that presents roughly three weeks after exposure.
Mycobacterium marinum
Mycobacterium marinum is a free-living bacterium, which causes opportunistic infections in humans.- History :Although Aronson isolated this mycobacterium in 1926 from a fish, it was not until 1951 that it was found to be the cause of human disease by Linell and Norden...
, characterized by a skin lesion that presents roughly three weeks after exposure.