Talavlikar, RachelCarson, JulieMeatherill, BonnieDesai, ShaliniSharma, MeenuShandro, CaryTyrrell, Gregory J.Kuhn, Susan2018-09-272018-09-272011-01-01Rachel Talavlikar, Julie Carson, Bonnie Meatherill, et al., “Mycobacterium senegalense Tissue Infection in a Child After Fish Tank Exposure,” Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 101-103, 2011. doi:10.1155/2011/206532http://hdl.handle.net/1880/108412https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/45206The present report describes the first known case of an otherwise healthy child who developed a soft tissue infection due to Mycobacterium senegalense – a pathogen usually found in east Africa that is responsible for infecting various animals. The patient presented with nonhealing wounds after sustaining facial lacerations from the shattered glass of a fish tank. The patient responded well to scar revision and antibiotics, with no subsequent relapse.Journal Article2018-09-27enCopyright © 2011 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/206532