Ontario: Mycobacterium marinum cluster linked to handling shrimp
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#FC96)
Health officials with the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR) continues their investigation into a cluster of six cases of an unusual skin infection that appears to be associated with handling raw shrimp in the Campbellford area. Preliminary lab reports suggest the infections are caused by the slow growing bacterium, Mycobacterium marinum. The HKPR District Health Unit has ["]
