Chat Me More was reading an article and found it quite interesting and scary at the same time. We wanted to bring it to our follower's attention about a bacteria that can be found in your home aquarium.
A teenager has been fighting with a rare bacterial infection for the last five years. Hannelle Cox contracted this disease when she had her hand in her fish tank and accidentally cut herself causing her to become infected with Mycobacterium marinum. Her hand swelled up from the bacteria and it had spread into the tissue and bone of her right hand and wrist. Cox was gymnast and her potential and dream was to make it to the Olympics. Unfortunately, she will not be able to, due to all the pain she is in. She has been on several medications and had two surgeries and nothing has worked. She is more than likely to lose her hand and she is ready for the amputation to be free of pain.
CBS Los Angeles.com. (June 9, 2011). Hesperia Teen Might Lose Hand After Fish Tank Cut Gets Infected. Retrieved June 10, 2011, from Hesperia Teen Might Lose Hand After Fish Tank Cut Gets Infected « CBS Los Angeles
Mycobacterium marinum is a slow growing bacteria that is found in salt water and fish tanks (aquariums) or fish. Infections spread from a cut or a scrape on the skin. The first signs of the bacteria is red or tan bumps in a pattern called "sporotrichotic lymphangitis." Diagnosis and treatment is usually delayed and mistaken for Staphylococcus. When treatment is delayed it can travel to the tissue and bone then it becomes a serious problem as it did for Hannelle Cox.
Medicine net. com. Mycobacterium Marinum. Retrieved June 10, 2011, from Mycobacterium Marinum Symptoms, Causes, Treatment - What is the prognosis for those infected with <i>Mycobacterium marinum</i> on MedicineNet
A teenager has been fighting with a rare bacterial infection for the last five years. Hannelle Cox contracted this disease when she had her hand in her fish tank and accidentally cut herself causing her to become infected with Mycobacterium marinum. Her hand swelled up from the bacteria and it had spread into the tissue and bone of her right hand and wrist. Cox was gymnast and her potential and dream was to make it to the Olympics. Unfortunately, she will not be able to, due to all the pain she is in. She has been on several medications and had two surgeries and nothing has worked. She is more than likely to lose her hand and she is ready for the amputation to be free of pain.
CBS Los Angeles.com. (June 9, 2011). Hesperia Teen Might Lose Hand After Fish Tank Cut Gets Infected. Retrieved June 10, 2011, from Hesperia Teen Might Lose Hand After Fish Tank Cut Gets Infected « CBS Los Angeles
Mycobacterium marinum is a slow growing bacteria that is found in salt water and fish tanks (aquariums) or fish. Infections spread from a cut or a scrape on the skin. The first signs of the bacteria is red or tan bumps in a pattern called "sporotrichotic lymphangitis." Diagnosis and treatment is usually delayed and mistaken for Staphylococcus. When treatment is delayed it can travel to the tissue and bone then it becomes a serious problem as it did for Hannelle Cox.
Medicine net. com. Mycobacterium Marinum. Retrieved June 10, 2011, from Mycobacterium Marinum Symptoms, Causes, Treatment - What is the prognosis for those infected with <i>Mycobacterium marinum</i> on MedicineNet
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