y emigrated from Pakistan to the United States. She presented with a skin diseas

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y emigrated from Pakistan to the United States. She presented with a skin disease thought to m, however all skin biopsy cultures using media-based techniques failed to grow anything py of the skin biopsy and see bacilli, but the Gram stain comes up inconclusive. Given her history 5. A 53-y/o female recentl be caused by a bacterium, however all You order microsco you order an acid-fast stain of the b is the name of the disease? (c) If you wa the body does this bacterium typically attack? ld-fast stain of the biopsy, which helps you nail down the cause. (a) What is the bacterium? (b) What isease? (c) If you wanted to, how might you try to grow the ctiological agent? (d) Which parts of

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mycobacterium marinum might be the bacteria . ti causes skin infection and is revealed clearly in AF staining.

it causes aquatic granuloma. It is found in those individual who work in fishries or aquarium.

occurs in the area of elbow, knees and feet

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