Shao Hongyuan, Liu Yongxia, Du Donghong, Tian Hongqing
Shandong First Medical University, Hospital for Skin Diseases, Shandong, Jinan, China.
Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong, Jinan, China.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2025 May 26;67:e31. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202567031. eCollection 2025.
Mycobacterium marinum is a nontuberculous mycobacterium and an opportunistic pathogen which infects humans. Here, we report a case of an 87-year-old female who had extensive verrucous skin lesions on her upper limbs for 18 months. The patient was diagnosed with Mycobacterium marinum infection by pathology and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay of skin tissue. After five months of oral rifampicin and clarithromycin, the skin lesions regressed completely.
海分枝杆菌是一种非结核分枝杆菌,也是一种可感染人类的机会致病菌。在此,我们报告一例87岁女性病例,其上肢出现广泛的疣状皮肤病变达18个月。通过对皮肤组织进行病理学检查和定量聚合酶链反应(qPCR)检测,该患者被诊断为海分枝杆菌感染。口服利福平和克拉霉素五个月后,皮肤病变完全消退。