 The patient is reported to have ongoing risk of new lesions following future skin breaks as he remains with disseminated, albeit quiescent, infection.Zebrafish infected with "M. marinum" are used as a laboratory animal model organism to study tuberculosis infections.. "M. marinum" growth has been shown to be similar to that of "Mycobacterium tuberculosis".A 2011 episode of "Mystery Diagnosis" featured a man whose severe hand infection was eventually found to have been caused by "M. marinum" entering through a cut in his hand while he was cleaning his home aquarium.