Fish Tank Granuloma in a 14‐Month‐Old Girl

El, Speight; Hc, Williams

doi:10.1111/j.1525-1470.1997.tb00239.x

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“…Other symptoms are extreme anorexia, exophthalmia, keratitis and skeletal deformities (Zanoni et al, 2008;Chansue et al, 2009). In humans, the main clinical signs of this zoonotic disease are limited to skin lesions and ulcers (Gray et al, 1990;Speight and Williams, 1997).…”

Section: Diseasementioning

confidence: 99%

Mogelijke welzijnsproblemen bij de Siamese kempvis (Betta splendens) in sierviswinkels en bij de hobbyist

Pleeging¹,

Moons²

2017

Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift

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Betta splendens is an extremely popular ornamental fish among hobby aquarists. It has an interesting behavioral repertoire, particularly where male aggression and territoriality are concerned. The lack of scientific studies investigating optimal housing conditions in combination with the wide variety of commercially available husbandry products, raises questions about the welfare status of these fish in captivity. In this article, an overview of the available literature on the biology of the betta and general considerations of ornamental fish keeping is given, and environment- and animal-related factors with potential impact on the welfare of Betta splendens are examined. Although more research using biological and physiological indicators is needed, the following factors constituting welfare problems have been identified: an aquarium of limited dimensions, prevalence of Mycobacterium spp. infection, aggression to and from conspecifics or other species in the same aquarium and the limited ability to escape, potential for stress due to prolonged visual contact between males in shops and during shows, and the lack of environmental enrichment in the form of sheltering vegetation.

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Section: Diseasementioning

confidence: 99%

Mogelijke welzijnsproblemen bij de Siamese kempvis (Betta splendens) in sierviswinkels en bij de hobbyist

Pleeging¹,

Moons²

2017

Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift

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“…Rifampicin has been also used effectively in isolated cases, either alone [30,62] or in combination with other antibiotics [37,38,43,44,51] , antimycobacterials [30,35] , antibiotics plus antimycobacterials [19,42,45,48] , and with antimicrobials plus surgery [30,31,49,50,[63][64][65] . Rifabutin has been administered successfully with clarithromycin [51] .…”

Section: Antimycobacterial Agentsmentioning

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Treatment ofMycobacterium marinumcutaneous infections

Rallis

Koumantaki-Mathioudaki

2007

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

119

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Mycobacterium marinum is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium found in non-chlorinated water, with worldwide prevalence. It is the most common atypical Mycobacterium that causes opportunistic infection in humans. It presents as a solitary, red-to-violaceous plaque or nodule with an overlying crust or verrucous surface, or as inflammatory nodules or abscesses, usually in a sporotrichotic type of distribution. Deep infections may also occur. Although diagnosis is confirmed by isolation and identification of the organism in practice diagnosis remains largely presumptive based on clinicohistological features and the response to treatment. Polymerase chain reaction allows the routine early detection of the organism from a biopsy specimen. In the near future, it seems possible that histopathological examination might be greatly assisted by the rapidly improving possibilities with in vivo imaging. There have been many therapeutic modalities used effectively in the treatment of M. marinum infections. Spontaneous remission has also been reported in untreated infections and in immunocompetent hosts. However, there is no proven treatment of choice because M. marinum is naturally multi-drug resistant species and treatment is based primarily on the personal experience and preference of individual investigators, without the benefit of large studies. In superficial cutaneous infections minocycline, clarithromycin, doxycycline and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole as monotherapy are effective treatment options, but drug resistance varies and thereby combination therapy usually of two drugs may be required. Ciprofloxacin has shown considerable effectiveness. In cases of severe infections, including those with a sporotrichoid distribution pattern, a combination of rifampicin and ethambutol seems to be the recommended regimen. The use of isoniazid, streptomycin and pyrazinamide as empirical treatment options should be avoided. Surgical treatment is not usually recommended and must be cautiously applied. Cryotherapy, X-ray therapy, electrodesiccation, photodynamic therapy and local hyperthermic therapy have been reported as effective therapeutic alternatives. M. marinum infection should always be included in the differential diagnosis of all cases with poor-healing wounds in upper extremities and a history of exposure to aquariums.

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“…People most o�en get infected as follows (Acha and Szyfres, 2003): (i) through contact with infected fish while handling them, water or other constituents of fish life environment; the following cases of transmissions have been recorded so far: a�er injury by cleaning aquarium with bare hands (Alinovi et al, 1993), a�er exposure to fish tank water (Kern et al, 1989), by handling tropical fish ponds (Guarda et al, 1992), by contact with rare tropical fish (Bha�y et al, 2000), a�er injuries from fish, e.g. by thorns (Said et al, 1998), a�er fish bite (Seiberras et al, 2000), through contact with fish living in the wild (Darie et al, 1993), by contact with a fresh-or salt-water environment (Hayman, 1991;Jernigan and Farr, 2000), infection of young children who are in contact with a fish tank (Bleiker et al, 1996;Speight and Williams, 1997), through processing fish in the food industry and preparation of dishes (Notermans and Hoornstra, 2000) or (ii) orally by consumption infected fish or related products or food contaminated with water or other constituents of water environment. Apart from factors relating to the living environment (exposure), the development of an infectious disease is markedly affected by internal factors such as the physiological status of consumer, particularly by immunosuppression and stress as in the case of HIV/AIDS (Von Reyn et al, 1996).…”

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Fish: a potential source of bacterial pathogens for human beings

Novotny¹,

Dvorská²,

Lorencova³

et al. 2004

Vet. Med.

208

187

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ABSTRACT:Human infections caused by pathogens transmi�ed from fish or the aquatic environment are quite common and depend on the season, patients' contact with fish and related environment, dietary habits and the immune system status of the exposed individual. They are o�en bacterial species facultatively pathogenic for both fish and human beings and may be isolated from fish without apparent symptoms of the disease. The infection source may be fish kept for both for food and as a hobby.

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Fish Tank Granuloma in a 14‐Month‐Old Girl

Cited by 21 publications

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Mogelijke welzijnsproblemen bij de Siamese kempvis (Betta splendens) in sierviswinkels en bij de hobbyist

Mogelijke welzijnsproblemen bij de Siamese kempvis (Betta splendens) in sierviswinkels en bij de hobbyist

Treatment ofMycobacterium marinumcutaneous infections

Fish: a potential source of bacterial pathogens for human beings

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