Abstract
The Authors focus on two cases, studied by electron and light microscopy, of Whipple-like disease caused by atypical mycobacteria in AIDS. Differential characteristics between the cases and classical Whipple's disease are analyzed with regard to the diagnostic and therapeutical peculiarities of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection which accounts for over 80% of atypical mycobacterial infections in AIDS. In this regard the Authors stress the role of histological findings of pale blue striated histiocytes as a marker of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection.
Translated title of the contribution | Pseudo-Whipple disease caused by atypical mycobacteriosis in AIDS: a clinical and electron microscopic study of 2 cases |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 571-575 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Recenti Progressi in Medicina |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 9 |
Publication status | Published - Sep 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)