By IDSE News Staff
A 3-year-old girl developed a Mycobacterium marinum infection after being bitten by an iguana while vacationing in Costa Rica, potentially marking the first time an iguana bite has led to an M. marinum infection, according to data that will be shared at the 2023 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The patient was having her cake on the beach when an iguana bit her and ran off with the cake (abstract 6564). She was