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Acidophilus and probiotics my friend
I found the Floraster works the best. I think my issues may have been caused by the probiotics and my digestive track adjusting to them.
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Acidophilus and probiotics my friend
I found the Floraster works the best. I think my issues may have been caused by the probiotics and my digestive track adjusting to them.
I also recommend always wearing gloves when hands are in tank. I nicked my arm with a rock a few years back and it landed me in the Hospital for 3 days of Intravenous Antibiotics and 2 months of Antibiotics after! Doctors thought of it might have been M. Marinum also but they couldn't confirm it because they said it was very difficult to grow a culture and nothing showed up. They did cultures 3 times and were unable to confirm anything! They were throwing words around like Vibrio vulnificus, the saltwater flesh eating bacteria! I can tell it was serious with how many Doctors were trying to figure out what it was. Then the Orthopedic doctor came in, looked at it and asked me, "is that your Dominate arm?" I really new it was Possibly loosing arm serious then! The doctors took a lot of photos and before they released me, Doc asked...could I take some more pics...This is going into the Medical books for reference! This Infection grew quick and was travelling fast! Our tanks are no joke folks, be safe and wear gloves! Thanks god I still have my dominate hand!
I also recommend always wearing gloves when hands are in tank. I nicked my arm with a rock a few years back and it landed me in the Hospital for 3 days of Intravenous Antibiotics and 2 months of Antibiotics after! Doctors thought of it might have been M. Marinum also but they couldn't confirm it because they said it was very difficult to grow a culture and nothing showed up. They did cultures 3 times and were unable to confirm anything! They were throwing words around like Vibrio vulnificus, the saltwater flesh eating bacteria! I can tell it was serious with how many Doctors were trying to figure out what it was. Then the Orthopedic doctor came in, looked at it and asked me, "is that your Dominate arm?" I really new it was Possibly loosing arm serious then! The doctors took a lot of photos and before they released me, Doc asked...could I take some more pics...This is going into the Medical books for reference! This Infection grew quick and was travelling fast! Our tanks are no joke folks, be safe and wear gloves! Thanks god I still have my dominate hand!
The biopsy showed acid fast bacteria so 100% confirmed it was an atypical mycobacterium infection.
When I was back in training ages ago, we did staining and microscopy for many things in a mini lab right in the patient ward.
Still remember the first time I saw acid fast bacilli. Tb was so common in Baltimore that we saw them pretty often and called them 'red snappers'.
Lol this comment aged WELL.No I did ask him though if I should take chloroquine phosphate. Haha
I thought chlorine in swimming pools would kill bacteria.M. marinum is likely in most aquariums. It is also found in swimming pools (no longer common with chlorination) and most bodies of water that are relatively stagnant.
This family of bacteria has many species. Not to scare you but Tuberculosis and Leprosy come from this genus.
My daughter had a M. avium infection when we had several parrots.
If your hand turns out to have an M marinum infection, it likely entered from a pre existing cut. It may take several weeks of specific antibiotics to heal the wound.
While I am not sure I doubt you can rid the tank of the organism.
Hope it gets better soon.
This is a pretty thorough article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01652176.2018.1447171