ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT OF FISH TANK GRANULOMA

Three patients with fish tank granuloma of the hand and forearm are re ported, Each patient was treated with antimicrobial regimes which have rarely or never been previously used in this condition, Two patients responded web to treatment, one who received ciprofloxacin plus clarit hromycin and another who was given clarithromycin plus ethambutol. The third patient received six different antimicrobial regimes before res ponding to a combination of rifabutin and ciprofloxacin. Our experienc e suggests that there now exist a number of effective alternatives to antimicrobials which have been traditionally used in the treatment of cutaneous Mycobacterium marinum infection.