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mycobacterium balnei, a new acid-fast bacillus occurring in swimming pools and capable of producing skin lesions in humans. 195413188762
studies on mycobacterium ulcerans and mycobacterium balnei. iii. growth in the semi-synthetic culture media of dubos and drug sensitivity in vitro and in vivo. 195414363058
the pathogenic behavior of mycobacterium ulcerans and mycobacterium balnei in the mouse and the developing chick embryo. 195613313952
[different behavior during a leprous reaction induced by the bcg test and the intradermal reaction with a mycobacterium marinum suspension]. 195613341124
homologous and heterologous immunity in infections of mice with mycobacterium ulcerans and mycobacterium balnei. 195713444620
a comparison of the growth of selected mycobacteria in hela, monkey kidney, and human amnion cells in tissue culture.hela, monkey kidney, and human amnion cells in tissue cultures were compared as sites for the multiplication of strains of tubercle bacilli or original and reduced pathogenicity, and for several other species of mycobacteria capable of causing disease in humans. the arrangement of the pathogenic species inorder of their growth rates in hela cells was mycobacterium fortuitum, mycobacterium balnei, and the "yellow bacillus," followed closely by the tubercle bacillus. this order was also correct fo ...195813491759
the effect of the medium on the cultivation of mycobacterium balnei at 37 degrees. 195813525648
[not available]. 195813534034
specificity of mycobacterial sensitins. i. studies in guinea pigs with purified "tuberculin" prepared from mammalian and avian tubercle bacilli, mycobacterium balnei, and other acid-fast bacilli. 196113765311
a bacteriolgic and histopathologic study of skin granuloma due to mycobacterium balnei. 196114497956
mycobacterium balnei infection. report of two cases. 196213915109
granulomas of the skin due to mycobacterium balnei after abrasions from a fish tank. 196213979715
tuberculin sensitivity in children infected with mycobacterium balnei. 196214497955
resistance to infection with virulent tubercle bacilli in mice immunized with viable mycobacterium balnei and unclassified mycobacteria administered aerogenically. 196314068430
effect of environmental temperatures on infection with mycobacterium marinum (balnei) of mice and a number of poikilothermic species.clark, h fred (communicable disease center, atlanta, ga.), and charles c. shepard. effect of environmental temperatures on infection with mycobacterium marinum (balnei) of mice and a number of poikilothermic species. j. bacteriol. 86:1057-1069. 1963.-an exploration was made of the effect of environmental temperature on infections with mycobacterium marinum of mice, young opossums, and bats, and of 50 species of poikilothermic animals. in artificial medium (7h9 broth) m. marinum grew most rapidly ...196314080772
[on a skin infection caused by mycobacterium marinum or balnei]. 196313961046
prepatellar bursitis caused by mycobacterium marinum (balnei); case report, classification, and review of the literature. 196514261813
[treatment of experimental infection by mycobacterium ulcerans and mycobacterium balnei in mice]. 196514319166
[pseudo-epitheliomatous epitheloid granuloma of the penis (smegma granuloma? pseudotuberculosis caused by mycobacterium balnei?)]. 196514335401
mycoside g, a specific glycolipid in mycobacterium marinum (balnei).navalkar, r. g. (university of wisconsin, madison), e. wiegeshaus, e. kondo, h. k. kim, and d. w. smith. mycoside g, a specific glycolipid in mycobacterium marinum (balnei). j. bacteriol. 90:262-265. 1965.-a new specific glycolipid in extracts prepared from strains designated mycobacterium marinum and m. balnei has been demonstrated by use of the techniques of column chromatography and infrared spectroscopy. since there is now agreement among many workers that m. marinum and m. balnei are identi ...196516562027
thin-layer chromatography of mycobacterial lipids as an aid to classification; mycobacterium kansasii; and mycobacterium marinum (balnei). 19665936896
factors affecting the growth of mycobacterium marinum. 19665969334
[classification and identification of slow-growing mycobacteria. (3). mycobacterium marinum]. 19666009582
[on the bacteriological diagnosis of tuberculoid skin disease due to mycobacterium marinum]. 19676068915
induction of carotenoid synthesis by antimycin a in the dark in mycobacterium marinum. 19676077048
[tuberculosis resembling skin disease caused by mycobacterium marinum (so-called swimming pool granuloma)]. 19675590972
differentiation of the two photochromogenic mycobacterial species: mycobacterium kansasii hauduroy and mycobacterium marinum aronson by means of the diamine-oxydase test. 19674964971
relation of infection to tissue temperature in mice infected with mycobacterium marinum and mycobacterium leprae.intravenous and footpad infections with mycobacterium marinum and footpad infections with m. leprae were compared in the following mouse strains: a/he, balb/c, cba, c3h, c57bl, c57l, dba, 101, and cfw. the results varied a great deal according to mouse strain used. intravenous injection of high doses of m. marinum resulted in deaths after 28 days of 100% of strain a/he, and none of strain 101; 27 days after injection, the feet and noses of all strain cba mice, but few of the c57bl, 101, or cfw m ...19675337835
mechanism of photoinduced carotenoid synthesis. induction of carotenoid synthesis by antimycin a in the absence of light in mycobacterium marinum. 196712325382
mycobacterium marinum (balnei) infection. report of a case with cutaneous and laryngeal lesions. 19685636049
mechanism of photoinduced and antimycin a-induced carotenoid synthesis in mycobacterium marinum. effect of proflavine. 19685701191
mechanism of photo-induced and antimycin a-induced carotenoid synthesis in mycobacterium marinum. requirements for carotenogen- esis and further evidence for protein synthesis following induction. 19695781184
epidemiological analysis in a patient with skin granuloma caused by mycobacterium balnei. 19705426300
[epidemiological study in reference to a patient with skin infection caused by mycobacterium balnei]. 19705445138
[case of unusual multiple skin diseases due to mycobacterium marinum]. 19705462340
tropical fish aquariums. a source of mycobacterium marinum infections resembling sporotrichosis. 19705466918
human infection due to mycobacterium marinum after a dolphin bite.a young man employed at the local aquarium was bitten by a bottlenose dolphin (tursiops truncatus) during a training session, receiving a slight injury which healed rapidly. some two months later fluctuant swellings appeared in the region of the bite, which developed into indolent ulcers which have not completely healed seven months after the original bite. cultures taken on two occasions have yielded a pure growth of mycobacterium marinum.19705529254
aquarium-borne infection with mycobacterium marinum. 19704192314
differential identification of mycobacterium kansasii and mycobacterium marinum.this report deals with the differential diagnosis between mycobacterium marinum and m. kansasii. we found that the two species could be differentiated by using six main tests, namely, the nitrate reduction test, the arylsulfatase test, the ability to grow in the presence of 10.0 mug of amithiazone per ml, the ability to grow in the presence of 5.0 mug of kanamycin per ml, the temperature-ratio test, and the rate of growth on solid medium. in contrast to m. kansasii, considerable variation was ob ...19714101184
skin infection with mycobacterium marinum from a tropical fish tank. 19715103909
a study of the relationship of structure and activity of antimycin a in the induction of carotenoid synthesis in mycobacterium marinum. 19715129724
mycobacterium marinum infections acquired from tropical fish tanks. 19715146929
paratuberculosis cutis caused by mycobacterium marinum. 19715165484
systemic chemotherapy in mice experimentally infected with mycobacterium marinum. 19715004745
differential identification of mycobacterium kansasii and mycobacterium marinum. 19714925535
phenol-soluble antigens from mycobacterium kansasii, mycobacterium gastri, and mycobacterium marinum.many of the demonstrable antigens derived from mycobacteria are common to members of different species. agglutination tests have yielded the most specific characterizations. an antigen which may be associated with the specific agglutination is soluble in phenol and can be extracted and separated from other antigens by use of this solvent. phenol-soluble antigens have been extracted from representative cultures of mycobacterium kansasii, m. gastri, and m. marinum. most representatives of each of ...197116557943
sporotrichoid mycobacterium marinum infection treated with rifampin-ethambutol. 19725032717
mycobacterium marinum granuloma. a disease acquired in the tributaries of chesapeake bay. 19725039106
[mycobacterium marinum infection of the skin]. 19724539230
[a case of mycobacterium marinum infection of bucca--with special reference to the bacteriological investigations]. 19724643909
differentiation between mycobacterium kansasii and mycobacterium marinum by gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of cellular fatty acids.comparison of the cellular fatty acids of 10 strains of mycobacterium marinum and 35 strains of mycobacterium kansasii revealed similarities within each species but differences between these two photochromogenic mycobacteria. a branched-chain fatty acid characteristic of m. kansasii was found in trace amounts in 2 of the 10 strains of m. marinum.19724650594
[pathogenic bacteria common to man and fish--mycobacterium marinum isolated from skin granuloma in man]. 19724677312
mycobacterium marinum infections of the hand. report of three cases and review of the literature. 19734696166
mycobacterium marinum in gulf fishermen. 19734709116
[mycobacterium balnei in the water of mines as a causal agent of the verrucous tuberculosis of the skin. (case report)]. 19734709185
mycobacterium marinum (atypical acid-fast bacillus) infections of the hand. 19734760089
opportunistic cutaneous mycobacterium marinum infection mimicking mycobacterium ulcerans in lymphosarcoma. 19734800424
sporotrichoid mycobacterium marinum infection in a child. 19734802594
an atypical mandibular tumor caused by mycobacterium balnei. 19734201921
[verrucous cutaneous tuberculosis cuased by mycobacterium balnei from waters of a coal mine]. 19734268284
temperature-dependent infection of mycobacterium marinum (balnei) in the chick embryo. 19734542323
[isolation of atypical acid-fast mycobacterium marinum and sporotrichum in a case of granuloma]. 19734542441
differentiation between mycobacterium kansasii and mycobacterium marinum. 19734566852
analogy of mycobacterium marinum disease to mycobacterium leprae infection in footpads of mice.because it appeared likely that the disease process that follows inoculation of footpads of mice with mycobacterium marinum might serve as a useful model of mouse footpad infection with m. leprae for immunological studies. an attempt was made to establish an analogy between the two processes. as a second objective, the adequacy of measurements of mouse footpad thickness as an index of the total number of m. marinum and of the number of viable m. marinum was determined. the evolution of m. marinu ...19734594116
[mycobacterium marinum infection mimicking cutaneous leishmaniasis]. 19744435649
mycobacterial skin tests in humans 12 years after infection with mycobacterium marinum. 19744207272
effect of variation in growth temperature on the biochemical activity and antigens of mycobacterium marinum. 19744152345
sporotrichoid infection due to mycobacterium marinum: lesion exacerbated by corticosteroid infiltration. 19744808977
[chronic infection due to mycobacterium marinum from an aquarium]. 19744814528
letter: mycobacterium marinum infection. 19744819118
growth of mycobacterium marinum in the footpads of t-cell-depleted mice.mycobacterium marinum strains 1218 and 1219 were inoculated into the hind footpads of t-cell-depleted specific pathogen-free c57b1/6 mice, and the growth and survival of the organisms at the site of injection, the draining popliteal lymph node, and the spleen and lung were quantitated for up to 70 days. t-cell depletion largely ablated the normal cell-mediated antituberculous response to the m. marinum population. the mice were able to control the further growth of the inoculum within the footpa ...19751079017
cutaneous infection due to a rough variant of mycobacterium marinum.spreading lesions clinically resembling lymphangitic sporotrichosis developed on the right arm and chest of a 60-year-old man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. acid-fast bacilli were seen in exudates from lesions and in biopsies, and were cultured from them. the isolant grew initially as a yellowish-orange scotochromogen on lowenstein-jensen medium at room temperature and at 35 c., but failed to grow at 37 c. it failed to grow on 7-h-10 medium. on repeated subculturing over a 2-year period it g ...19751098441
letter: mycobacterium marinum infection. 19751122157
mycobacterium marinum skin infections mimicking cutaneous leishmaniasis.ten cases of skin infection due to mycobacterium marinum are reported from israel. most of the infections were contracted in natural bathing pools at ein feshka on the shores of the dead sea, south of jericho. the lesions closely resembled those of cutaneous leishmaniasis prevalent in this region. the condition does not seem to have been detected previously in the middle east.19761268057
in vitro and in vivo studies of the action of rifampicin, clofazimine and b1912 on mycobacterium marinum.rifampicin (rmp) and two riminophenazine compounds (b663 and b1912) suppressed the growth of mycobacterium marinum in vitro and in a mouse footpad infection. at appropriate concentrations and dietary dosage, all three drugs showed bactericidal activity in vitro and in vivo. on the basis of minimum inhibitory concentration, rmp was considerably more active than the other two substances in vitro. however, the rate of bactericidal effect was similar for all three drugs. in vivo, the minimum bacteri ...19761269290
[infections transmitted in swimming pools].public swimmingpools can be the source of infections due to micro-organism such as mycobacterium balnei, adeno and enteroviruses, the virus of plantar warts and molluscum contagiosum, the tric-agent of swimmingpool-conjonctivitis and pathogenic fungi. the transmission of trichomonas vaginalis is considered unlikely-water of pools, supposed to present satisfactory qualities by standard controls, was found to contain pathogenic staphylococci and pseudomonas aeruginosa. effective preventive measure ...1976186978
mycobacterium marinum infection in a finger. 1976978669
mycobacterium marinum infection. 19761023872
mycobacterium marinum infection from a tropical fish tank. treatment with trimethoprim and sulphamethoxazole.a paronychial granuloma on the left thumb, in a man who kept tanks of tropical fish, was followed by cutaneous nodules on the left upper limb and tender lymph nodes in the left axilla. mycobacterium marinum was isolated from the lesion on the thumb and also from the tank water. subsidence of the lesions followed administration of trimethoprim and sulphamethoxazole.19761034869
mycobacterium marinum infections of the hand: report of two cases in coastal south carolina. 1977266094
tropical fish tank granuloma.a case of tropical fish tank granuloma due to mycobacterium marinum is presented. the source, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment are discussed.1977271819
mycobacterium marinum infections treated with tetracycline.five cases of mycobacterium marinum skin infections were successfully treated with 2 gm of tetracycline hydrochloride daily for periods from four to 12 weeks. in each case, the isolated m marinum was sensitive in vitro to tetracycline at levels from 25 to 50 microgram/ml. tetracycline is recommended as treatment for extensive or sporotrichoid m marinum infections.1977302108
evaluation of the immune response in mice infected with mycobacterium marinum.foot pad infection of mice with mycobacterium marinum carried out with a view to comparing the immune response on the humoral level of such mice, with that observed previously in mice infected with m. leprae, indicated that there was a similarity in terms of the first appearance and proliferation of immunocytes and the time at which the peak and decline in the antibody-producing cells occurred. the significant difference appeared to be in the immunoglobulin g response, which was absent in the m. ...1977336554
the successful treatment of tropical fish tank granuloma (mycobacterium marinum) with co-trimoxazole.three cases of tropical fish tank granuloma caused by mycobacterium marinum (balnei) are described. abundant acid fact bacilli were demonstrated in homogenates prepared from the fish thus providing early confirmation of the suspected clinical diagnosis: acid fast bacilli could not be demonstrated in biopsy material from the patients' lesions through m. marinum grew on culture. the infection responded to oral co-trimoxazole.1977603751
primary inoculation with mycobacterium marinum. 1977843108
treatment of mycobacterium marinum infections with minocycline. 1977879827
infection of the skin by mycobacterium marinum: report of five cases.five patients 6 to 47 years of age had bacteriologically confirmed mycobacterium marinum infections of the skin. in four patients the initial lesions were chancriform and were on a finger or a hand; ascending lymphadenitis followed. the other patient had nodular inflammatory lesions on one cheek. biopsies were performed in four patients; all specimens showed a granuloma, and acid-fast bacilli were identified in one of the four. four of the five patients were untreated; the fifth was given antitu ...1977912618
immune response to persistent mycobacterial infection in mice.mycobacterium marinum has been recommended as a possible model of m. leprae for use in laboratory studies of antileprosy immunity. m. marinum introduced into the footpads of normal mice underwent a steady decline in viability, with less than 1% survival after a 30-day period. small numbers of viable bacilli were recovered from the footpads of these mice up to 12 months later. similarly, mice infected with m. simiae exhibited bacterial populations that persisted for up to 18 months with little ch ...1978149769
characteristics common to cutaneous infections with mycobacterium marinum. 1978162687
mycobacterium marinum infections of the skin. 1978647560
[abscess caused by mycobacterium marinum and contracted through contact with frozen fish]. 1978655521
mycobacterium marinum infections. 1978666346
the ultrastructure of mycobacterium marinum granuloma in man.3 biopsies of 3-5 week-old nodular lesions in 2 patients with so-called swimming-pool (aquarium-) granuloma have been examined by electron microscopy. the cytohistological spectrum simultaneously comprises acute exudative as well as chronic proliferative phenomena. epithelioid cells and collagen producing fibroblasts are already conspicious in 3 week-old granuloma. according to the cytological composition the mycobacterium marinum granuloma represents a high-turnover granuloma with immunogenic o ...1978686831
in vitro sensitivity of mycobacterium marinum to minocycline and doxycycline.using a steers replicator technique the in vitro sensitivities of 32 clinical isolates of mycobacterium marinum to doxycycline and minocycline were tested. of 32 strains, sensitivity to doxycycline ranged from 3 strains (9%) with a drug concentration of 2 microgram/ml to 11 strains (34%) at a concentration of 6 microgram/ml. sensitivity to minocycline ranged from 2 strains (6%) at the 2microgram/ml concentration to 23 strains (72%) at the 8 microgram/ml concentration. our data suggest that a sig ...1978705904
co-trimoxazole resistant mycobacterium marinum. 1978708634
mycobacterium marinum granuloma [proceedings]. 1978718209
a co-operative numerical analysis of mycobacterium gastri, mycobacterium kansasii and mycobacterium marinum.a co-operative taxonomic study has been performed on slowly growing photochromogenic mycobacteria (runyon group i) and closely related organisms. phenetic data on 54 strains, studied in seven laboratories, were collected and analysed by numerical taxonomic methods. immunological properties and phage susceptibility patterns were analysed independently to establish correlation with numerical classification. mycobacterium gastri, m. kansasii and m. marinum appeared as distinct well-defined clusters ...1978745004
sporotrichoid mycobacterium marinum infection in diabetes. chemotherapy with rifampin and ethambutol. 1978279836
[sensivity of mycobacterium kansaii and mycobacterium marinum to different antituberculous drugs (author's transl)].mycobacteriosis includes clinical manifestations caused by especies of the genus mycobacterium other than m. tuberculosis and m. bovis. therapy for these conditions has not been clearly sistematized as it has for tuberculosis, particularly because of the natural resistance that the etiologic agents present to a large number of antituberculous drugs. the sensitivity of m. kansasii and m. marinum to eleven tuberculostatic agents was studied in order to determine which one were best suited for trea ...1979431178
minocycline therapy of aquarium granuloma. case reports and literature review.two patients with mycobacterium marinum infections from home tropical fish aquariums are presented herein. both patients showed dramatic improvement with minocycline therapy. in vitro susceptibility results also confirmed minocycline, doxycycline, and tetracycline efficacy using disc diffusion and dilution methods.1979467104
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