RESUMEN
Se evaluó una paciente de 87 años con antecedentes de cardiopatía que había estado presentando disnea y fiebre durante 2 meses. Un estudio bacteriológico resultó ser positivo a Aeromonas hydrophila en el contexto de un cáncer de pulmón existente. El estudio fue negativo para los bacilos ácidos rápidos.
An 87 years-old female with a history of heart disease who has been presenting dysnea and fever for 2 months was evaluated. A sputum bacteriological study proved positive for Aeromonas hydrophila in the context of an existing lung cancer. The study was negative for acid fast bacilli.
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Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Femenino , Humanos , Aeromonas hydrophila , Infecciones por Bacterias Gramnegativas/diagnóstico , Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio/diagnóstico , CubaRESUMEN
The antimicrobial susceptibility and the presence of a heat-stable toxin were researched into 100 non-01 Vibrio cholerae strains sent by 7 different health centers to the National Reference Laboratory of Acute Diarrheal Diseases in "Pedro KourÝ" Tropical Medicine Institute. The presence of 20 toxigenic non-01 Vibrio cholerae was detected, a figure substantially higher than that reported in other geographic areas, except for endemic areas. This result will make it possible to set epidemiological alert in Cuba because these strains can be infected by CTX phages (element transporting genes that encode for choleric toxin) which will give such strains an epidemic potential similar to that of the etiologic agent of cholera. The identified strains could be studied as possible cholera vaccine candidates.