Abstract

MEDEROS CUERVO, Lilian M. et al. Reporte de Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare asociado a micobacteriosis renal. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2003, vol.55, n.1, pp.58-60. ISSN 0375-0760.

Consecutive samples of urine from a patient presenting radiological images of multicystic kidneys were microbiologically analyzed searching the possible presence of acid-alcohol resistant bacilli. The patient had already undergone complementary tests, which evidenced a kidney failure. As a result, it was isolated a slow-growth non pigmented mycobacterial strain corresponding to group III of Runyon. It was classified as Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, according to conventional and alternative bacteriological studies, such as the analysis of fractions of mycobacterial mycolic acids by thin layer chromatography technique.

Keywords : MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE IN-FECTIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; KIDNEY DISEASES.

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