outbreak of non-tuberculous mycobacteria skin or soft tissue infections associated with handling fish - new york city, 2013-2014. | mycobacterium marinum, a bacterium found in freshwater and saltwater, can infect persons with direct exposure to fish or aquariums. during december 2013, the new york city department of health and mental hygiene learned of four suspected or confirmed m. marinum skin or soft tissue infections (sstis) among persons who purchased whole fish from chinese markets. ninety-eight case-patients with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (ntm) sstis were identified with onset june 2013-march 2014. of these, 77 (79 ... | 2017 | 28629484 |