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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 1278-1280Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid2906.230062
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We report a case of Mycobacterium marinum soft-tissue infection after an iguana bite in Costa Rica, diagnosed through 16S rRNA sequencing and mycobacterial culture. This case highlights potential microbial etiologies of infection after iguana bites.
Infections after reptile bites are uncommon, and microbial etiologies are not well defined. We describe a case of Mycobacterium marinum soft-tissue infection after an iguana bite in Costa Rica that was diagnosed through 16S rRNA sequencing and mycobacterial culture. This case informs providers of potential etiologies of infection after iguana bites.
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