November 9, 200817 yr comment_273430 Anyone battled with mycobacterium? What antibiotics did you use and what sort of results did you get? Report
November 9, 200817 yr comment_273576 Are you enquiring about tuberculosis in humans, piscene tuberculosis, mycobacterium marinum, leprosy or some other mycobacterium? Report
November 9, 200817 yr Author comment_273578 mycobacterium marinum sorry i know theres heaps of strains and familys of it. Report
November 10, 200817 yr comment_273707 If it is you that is infected you should see a doctor because there are a number of antibiotics which are used and over a protracted period. If fish are infected they are usually destroyed as they are very difficult to cure and the risk to humans is too great. Are you sure this is what you are dealing with? Report
November 10, 200817 yr Author comment_273712 Hi ya no its not me thank goodness and not my fish either it just came up in a list of possible causes and wondered if anyone had sucessfully treated it in fish althow i know the prognosis isnt good at all. Report
November 10, 200817 yr comment_273719 It is unusual because it is usually picked up in Quarantine and is not usually treated by most importers I have spoken to. Chances are it is something else. The treatment for mycobacterium in humans is protracted and the cure is often described as worse than the disease. I had piscene TB on imported goldfish and destroyed them and at that time maf did the same thing. The thing that got me was that I destroyed the ones that had it and they destroyed fish that didn't ---much to my discust. Report
November 10, 200817 yr Author comment_273721 The thing that got me was that I destroyed the ones that had it and they destroyed fish that didn't ---much to my discust. Report
November 10, 200817 yr comment_273725 What happens to your tank if you get it? Does it happen in fresh water or salt water? Report
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