A Series of 35 Cutaneous Infections Caused by Mycobacterium marinum in Han Chinese Population
A Series of 35 Cutaneous Infections Caused by Mycobacterium marinum in Han Chinese Population
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DOI:
10.1155/2023/5514275
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发表时间:
2023-08-16
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Zhang,Furen
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作者:
Chen,Wenjie;Bao,Fangfang;Zhang,Furen
CutaneousMycobacterium marinuminfection is an increasingly infectious disease presenting unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in time to treatment among patients with different types of skin lesions and who were treated with single or multidrug therapies. In addition, the clinical characteristics ofM. marinuminfection were explored and the mechanism of the host immune responses was investigated. The electronic medical records of 35 patients withM. marinuminfection were reviewed. The clinical characteristics, histopathological and laboratory data, and treatment outcomes were analyzed. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed to clarify the immune mechanisms induced byM. marinuminfection in 9 patients and 5 healthy controls. Of the 35 patients, 25 (71.4%) had lesions with sporotrichoid patterns. The duration of patients with sporotrichoid lesions or treatment with multiple drugs was longer, although differences were not significant, possibly due to the small cohort. However, this trend was also observed in previous studies, making it worthy of further attention. Expression levels of cytokines (IFN‐γ, IL‐4, IL‐9, and FOXP3) were significantly upregulated in the patient specimens, whereas there were no significant differences in IL‐17 and IL‐22 expression levels between the patient and control groups.