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Mycobacterium iranicum infection in a patient with fish tank granuloma: a first case report

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  1. Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

    Sören L. Becker & Alexander Halfmann

  2. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

    Sören L. Becker

  3. University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Sören L. Becker

  4. Department of Dermatology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

    Lena Schilling, Dana A. Mawlood, Eva Janssen, Thomas Vogt & Cornelia S. L. Müller

  5. Institute of Clinical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Udo Reischl

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Becker, S.L., Halfmann, A., Schilling, L. et al. Mycobacterium iranicum infection in a patient with fish tank granuloma: a first case report. Eur J Dermatol 28, 238–239 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2017.3196

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