RESUMO
We report the isolation of Neisseria meningitidis, characterized as B:NT:P1.7, from a female patient's genital tract in an outpatient clinic for HIV care. The gynecology clinic, as part of the follow up, collects specimens from all patients with HIV infection for routine exams and for early laboratory detection of sexually transmitted diseases . A Gram-negative diplococcus was isolated from the cervix of a heterosexual patient with AIDS. Based on this and other reported cases, urogenital infection with N. meningitidis can no longer be considered uncommon. The rising incidence of N. meningitidis isolated from this and similar sites has significant medical and diagnostic implications.
Assuntos
Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/microbiologia , Infecções Meningocócicas/microbiologia , Neisseria meningitidis/isolamento & purificação , Cervicite Uterina/microbiologia , Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/diagnóstico , Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS/tratamento farmacológico , Idoso , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Ceftriaxona/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Humanos , Infecções Meningocócicas/diagnóstico , Infecções Meningocócicas/tratamento farmacológico , Cervicite Uterina/diagnóstico , Cervicite Uterina/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
The performance of flow cytometry and the microplate Alamar Blue assay in determining susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was assessed by testing 150 Brazilian isolates. The overall agreement was 97.3 and 98% for isoniazid and 94.7 and 100% for rifampin by flow cytometry and MABA, respectively. This study was entirely done in a developing country.
Assuntos
Antituberculosos/farmacologia , Isoniazida/farmacologia , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana/métodos , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/efeitos dos fármacos , Oxazinas , Rifampina/farmacologia , Xantenos , Brasil , Corantes , Citometria de Fluxo/métodos , Humanos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana/estatística & dados numéricos , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolamento & purificaçãoRESUMO
We report the isolation of Neisseria meningitidis, characterized as B:NT:P1.7, from a female patient's genital tract in an outpatient clinic for HIV care. The gynecology clinic, as part of the follow up, collects specimens from all patients with HIV infection for routine exams and for early laboratory detection of sexually transmitted diseases . A Gram-negative diplococcus was isolated from the cervix of a heterosexual patient with AIDS. Based on this and other reported cases, urogenital infection with N. meningitidis can no longer be considered uncommon. The rising incidence of N. meningitidis isolated from this and similar sites has significant medical and diagnostic implications.