Micobacteriosis por Mycobacterium gordonae. Primer caso reportado en Cuba / Mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium gordonae. First case reported in Cuba
Rev. cuba. med. trop
; 51(2): 128-129, May-Aug. 1999.
Artigo
em Espanhol
| LILACS
| ID: lil-333523
Biblioteca responsável:
BR1.1
RESUMO
Since 1990, repeated samples of a positive HIV patient were studied, who had skin lesions with ulcers and scabs, dirty bottom and prominent edges; hyperergic Mantoux and very low CD levels. As a result, a slowly growing pigmented strain was isolated and classified as Mycobacterium gordonae by using standard as well as alternative bacteriological studies such as the mycobacterial mycolic acid analysis. The patient was treated with 4 antibacilar drugs and 6 weeks after the starting of the treatment, all reported skin lesions had disappeared.
Texto completo:
Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Tuberculose
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Infecções por Mycobacterium não Tuberculosas
Limite:
Adulto
/
Humanos
/
Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
/
Cuba
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. cuba. med. trop
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Cuba
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri/CU