Mastitis por Mycobacterium fortuitum en una paciente HIV negativa / Mastitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum in an HIV negative patient
Medicina (B.Aires)
; 64(6): 529-532, 2005.
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-444258
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ABSTRACT
A case of a 39 year old HIV negative female patient with a Mycobacterium fortuitum mastitis without previous pathogenic history is reported. She was treated on the bases of drug-susceptibility testing and bibliographic empirical evidence with kanamycin, doxicicline, ciprofloxacin and trimetoprim-sulfametoxazol. A complete remission of her lesions was obtained after 15 months of treatment. Lesions due to this rapidly growing mycobacterium, diagnosis and treatment are commented.
RESUMEN
Se presenta el caso de una paciente HIV negativa de 39 años con una mastitis por Mycobacterium fortuitum, sin antecedentes patogénicos previos. Fue tratada en base a las pruebas de susceptibilidad a antibióticos y quimioterápicos y a la evidencia empírica citada por la bibliografía, con kanamicina, doxiciclina, ciprofloxacina y trimetoprima-sulfametoxazol. Se obtuvo la remisión completa de sus lesiones luego de 15 meses de tratamiento. Se comenta la capacidad de producir lesiones de esta micobacteria de crecimiento rápido, su diagnóstico y tratamiento
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Tuberculosis
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Mycobacterium fortuitum
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Mastitis
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medicina (B.Aires)
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital F. J. Muñiz/AR