Recurrent urinary infection with Bifidobacterium scardovii.
Bifidobacterium species are difficult to identify and may be underreported or not recovered by many laboratories because of their slow growth. We emphasize the importance of the Gram stain in urine samples and the addition of enriched media and enhanced atmosphere over time for urine cultures with pyuria. This is the first report of a Bifidobacterium scardovii recurrent urinary infection in an elderly woman.
Instituto de Fisiopatología y Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. claudiabar07@gmail.com
Claudia M
CM
Barberis
Roxana M
RM
Cittadini
Marisa N
MN
Almuzara
Alejandro
A
Feinsilberg
Angela M
AM
Famiglietti
Maria Soledad
MS
Ramírez
Carlos A
CA
Vay
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods; D039941:Bifidobacteriales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005840:Gentian Violet; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010619:Phenazines; D010802:Phylogeny; D011776:Pyuria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012008:Recurrence; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; C035863:Gram's stain; D010619:Phenazines; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D005840:Gentian Violet