Publications by authors named "Angelica Reyes Perez"
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.
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- - Rhodococcus equi is an emerging pathogen that poses serious health risks, especially for immunocompromised individuals like AIDS patients.
- - The study utilized a pleural fluid sample from an AIDS patient and employed various diagnostic techniques including microbiologic culture and molecular methods to confirm the presence of R. equi.
- - This research marks the first molecular detection of R. equi in an HIV/AIDS patient in Cuba, highlighting the potential of molecular biology techniques for diagnosing this infection.