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Mycobacteriosis, Piscine

Other Names: Mycobacteriosis, Fish Tuberculosis, Piscine Tuberculosis, Swimming Pool Granuloma, Fish Tank Granuloma, Fish Handler’s Disease, Fish Handler’s Nodules
Mycobacteriosis is a bacterial, systemic, granulomatous skin disease that occurs in aquarium and culture food fish and can affect humans.
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  • M. chelonei
  • M. neoaurum
  • M. scrofulaceum
  • M. simiae
  • Mycobacterium
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mycobacteriosis: Fish, whole body. Internal organs with multifocal tan to white coalescing granulomas.
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