Fish Tb

[sjrose77]

I just found out that people can contract a type of TB from aquarium fish. Does anyone know what the odds are of this happening? I am a little freaked out.

 

[OldMan47]

Fish TB is a fish disease that is completely unrelated to the thing we call TB in humans.

 

[Gvilleguy]

From everything I have read, it might not be human TB, but it is caused by a close relative of the TB bacterium, called "Mycobacterium marinum". It is VERY RARE for a human to catch it, but it is possible. I thought this article was well researched and written:

Mycobacterium marinum