title: [Mycobacterium fortuitum in patients with chronic renal insufficiency: apropos of 2 cases].
abstract: Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing mycobacteria recovered from human infections such as skin, soft tissue, skeletal and pulmonary infectious diseases. We report 2 cases of M. fortuitum isolation from clinical samples from two patients placed on dialysis program. Our clinical findings were: The first, the presence of an abscess in the area of insertion of a CAPD catheter and the second, the detection of a lobar pneumonia in a patient placed on long-term hemodialysis program. We consider this report to be important because of the few reported cases of non tuberculous mycobacterial infections in patients with chronic renal failure.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital de la Creu Roja, Barcelona.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Viguera
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.forename: X M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Lens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carrió
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mallafré
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications*; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Mycobacterium fortuitum en pacientes con insuficiencia renal crónica: a propósito de 2 casos.