Tiffany Y Sia1, Sarah Taimur2, Dianna M Blau3, Jennifer Lambe4, Joel Ackelsberg5, Kari Yacisin5, Julu Bhatnagar3, Jana Ritter3, Wun-Ju Shieh3, Atis Muehlenbachs3, Kenneth Shulman6, Danny Fong7, Elaine Kung8, Sherif R Zaki3. 1. Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. 2. Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. 3. Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. 4. Division of Pathology, StrataDx, Lexington, Massachusetts. 5. NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. 6. Dermpath Diagnostics, Port Chester, New York. 7. Division of Plastics Surgery, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center. 8. Division of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: From December 2013 through May 2014, physicians, dermatopathologists, and public health authorities collaborated to characterize an outbreak of Mycobacterium marinum and other nontuberculous mycobacterial skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) associated with handling fish in New York City's Chinatown. Clinicopathologic and laboratory investigations were performed on a series of patients. METHODS: Medical records were reviewed for 29 patients. Culture results were available for 27 patients and 24 biopsy specimens were evaluated by histopathology, immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining for acid-fast bacilli (AFB), and mycobacterial polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. RESULTS: All patients received antibiotics. The most commonly prescribed antibiotic regimen was clarithromycin and ethambutol. Of the 29 patients in this case series, 16 (55%) received surgical treatment involving incision and drainage, mass excision, and synovectomy. Of these, 7 (44%) had deep tissue involvement. All patients showed improvement. For those with culture results, 11 of 27 (41%) were positive for M. marinum; the remainder showed no growth. Poorly formed granulomas (96%), neutrophils (75%), and necrosis (79%) were found in 24 biopsies. Of 15 cases that were culture-negative and analyzed by other methods, 9 were PCR positive for M. marinum group species, 8 were IHC positive, and 3 were positive by AFB stains. CONCLUSIONS: A multidisciplinary approach was used to identify cases in an outbreak of M. marinum infections. The use of histopathology, culture, and IHC plus PCR from full thickness skin biopsy can lead to improved diagnosis of M. marinum SSTIs compared to relying solely on mycobacterial culture, the current gold standard. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2015. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
BACKGROUND: From December 2013 through May 2014, physicians, dermatopathologists, and public health authorities collaborated to characterize an outbreak of Mycobacterium marinum and other nontuberculous mycobacterial skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) associated with handling fish in New York City's Chinatown. Clinicopathologic and laboratory investigations were performed on a series of patients. METHODS: Medical records were reviewed for 29 patients. Culture results were available for 27 patients and 24 biopsy specimens were evaluated by histopathology, immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining for acid-fast bacilli (AFB), and mycobacterial polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. RESULTS: All patients received antibiotics. The most commonly prescribed antibiotic regimen was clarithromycin and ethambutol. Of the 29 patients in this case series, 16 (55%) received surgical treatment involving incision and drainage, mass excision, and synovectomy. Of these, 7 (44%) had deep tissue involvement. All patients showed improvement. For those with culture results, 11 of 27 (41%) were positive for M. marinum; the remainder showed no growth. Poorly formed granulomas (96%), neutrophils (75%), and necrosis (79%) were found in 24 biopsies. Of 15 cases that were culture-negative and analyzed by other methods, 9 were PCR positive for M. marinum group species, 8 were IHC positive, and 3 were positive by AFB stains. CONCLUSIONS: A multidisciplinary approach was used to identify cases in an outbreak of M. marinuminfections. The use of histopathology, culture, and IHC plus PCR from full thickness skin biopsy can lead to improved diagnosis of M. marinum SSTIs compared to relying solely on mycobacterial culture, the current gold standard. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2015. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
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