title: [Coinfection of Mycobacterium malmoense and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with acquired inmune deficiency syndrome].
abstract: A case is presented of coinfection with Mycobacterium malmoense and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Cuban patient with AIDS which produced respiratory and liver disease respectively. Cultures done from sputum samples showed the presence of a non-pigmented, slow growing mycobacterial strain belonging to Runyon group III and identified as Mycobacterium malmoense. From cultures of liver tissue removed laparoscopically, a strain was isolated and subsequently identified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Anatomapathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculosis, the patient received specific treatment and had a favorable clinical course. This report of a rare case of coinfection of Mycobacterium describes the first report of hepatic tuberculosis in a patient with AIDS in Cuba.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia e Investigaciones de Micobacterias y Tuberculosis, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Lilian María
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mederos Cuervo
authors.affiliation: Hospital Nacional de Referencia para la Atención a pacientes VIH/sida, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Angélica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reyes Pérez
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Lidunka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valdes Alonso
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Delgado
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Misleydis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sardiñas Aragón
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: María Rosarys
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Martínez Romero
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Díaz Romero
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D060085:Coinfection / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications*