Urinary mycobacterium avium presenting as sterile pyuria

Authors

  • Kai Yang University of Toronto
  • Mary Samplaski University of Southern California
  • Tony Mazzulli Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Kirk Lo Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Ethan Grober Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Keith Allen Jarvi Mount Sinai Hospital

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.3363

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 identified Mycobaterium avium complex (MAC). Mantoux skin testing was positive. No urological abnormalities were detected by ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) imaging of the urinary tract.

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Author Biographies

Kai Yang, University of Toronto

MD candidate, Faculty of Medicine

Mary Samplaski, University of Southern California

Assistant Professor, Department of Urology

Tony Mazzulli, Mount Sinai Hospital

Microbiologist-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Hospital

Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto

Kirk Lo, Mount Sinai Hospital

Staff Urologist, Division of Urology, Mount Sinai Hospital

Associate Member, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Ethan Grober, Mount Sinai Hospital

Staff Urologist, Division of Urology, Mount Sinai Hospital

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Keith Allen Jarvi, Mount Sinai Hospital

Head, Division of Urology, Mount Sinai Hospital

Associate Member, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

Member, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto

Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

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Published

2016-05-12

How to Cite

Yang, K., Samplaski, M., Mazzulli, T., Lo, K., Grober, E., & Jarvi, K. A. (2016). Urinary mycobacterium avium presenting as sterile pyuria. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 10(5-6), E186–8. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.3363

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 5-6 (2016): CUAJ May

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Residents' Room

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