OBJECTIVES: @entity15539 is responsible for "fish @entity57580 ", a chronic and sometimes disabling @entity272 , which in France would be the most frequent "atypical" cutaneous @entity4593 . Tropical fish salesmen are concerned about this disease because they might sell contaminated fish and be infected themselves. A review of the literature indicated that one quarter of the @entity1 were aquarium workers. This original study tested the salesmen's knowledge and behaviour regarding "fish @entity57580 ". METHOD: This national study consisted in an anonymous questionnaire with 24 questions. RESULTS: Among forty salesmen, six of them (15 p. 100) knew this @entity1 disease well. Thirty (75 p. 100) ignored it. Among the few salesmen (22.5 p. 100) who had studied to become aquarium workers, only one third were taught about @entity15539 . Eight salesmen (20 p. 100) were concerned about the @entity1 disease: three of them were personally infected and five others had known infected colleagues or purchasers. Most of the aquarium workers immersed their hands without gloves in the fish tanks every day. Only a few destroyed all the fishes from a contaminated tank. CONCLUSIONS: Most of the tropical fish salesmen ignored "fish @entity57580 " although 20 p. 100 of them were concerned. This @entity102 , sometimes disabling, should be better known by aquarium salesmen. The national tropical fish salesmen were informed of the results of this study.

[Tropical fish salesmen's knowledge and behaviour concerning "fish XXXX "].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['human', 'patients'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic disease'] @entity4593 :: ('MESH:D009165', 'Disease') :: ['mycobacteriosis'] @entity57580 :: ('MESH:C535526', 'Disease') :: ['tank granuloma'] @entity272 :: ('MESH:D012871', 'Disease') :: ['skin infection'] @entity15539 :: ('1781', 'Species') :: ['Mycobacterium marinum']
@entity57580 :: (MESH:C535526,Disease) :: ['tank granuloma']
