title: Urinary mycobacterium avium presenting as sterile pyuria.
abstract: A 65-year-old healthy woman presented with persistent, asymptomatic sterile pyuria detected by her family physician. While she did not have symptoms, the patient recounts that she has had cloudy urine for years. Cultures of the urine for bacteria showed no growth and no fungi were identified. First-morning urine samples were sent for both tuberculosis and nontuberculosis mycobacterium species testing. The culture grew genotypically identifiedMycobaterium aviumcomplex (MAC). Mantoux skin testing was positive. No urological abnormalities were detected by ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) imaging of the urinary tract.
authors: Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors: Kai
authors: K
authors: Yang
authors: Department of Urology, University of Southern California, CA, U.S.
authors: Mary
authors: M
authors: Samplaski
authors: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors: Tony
authors: T
authors: Mazzulli
authors: Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors: Kirk
authors: K
authors: Lo
authors: Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors: Ethan
authors: E
authors: Grober
authors: Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors: Keith Allen
authors: KA
authors: Jarvi