endophthalmitis in a Cuban pediatric patient.

Bacterial endophthalmitis is the most severe form of vision-threatening ocular infection. is a primary respiratory pathogen that has been associated with several extrapulmonary manifestation, including ocular infection. In this work, we presented the microbiology diagnosis of an endophalmitis by using a novel A.

[Diagnosis of Mycoplasma genitalium by MgPa and rRNA 16S gene amplification].

Objective: Mycoplasma genitalium has been associated with nongonococcal urethritis (NGU). Diagnosis by PCR has become the primary detection method for this organism. Thus, diagnosis by DNA amplification using the PCR technique should be utilized.

[Microbiological confirmation of two emergent outbreaks of human leptospirosis in Cuba].

Clinical samples from 293 patients with suspicion of leptospirosis were studied for the microbiologic confirmation of these events, in October-December 2005, when there were 2 outbreaks in humans, in Cuba. Sera samples of patients in acute phase and during convalescence, as well as hemocultures performed before the beginning of the antibiotic therapy, were analyzed. Conventional techniques (passive hemagglutination test and serogroups hemagglutination), and advanced or fast diagnosis techniques (Lepto tek Dri-Dot, Lepto-Cuba, Latex-India, Lepto tek Lateral Flow) were used for serologic diagnosis.