Pulmonary malakoplakia in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: An ultrastructural study of morphogenesis of Michaelis-Gutmann bodies

Modern Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 476-483

  Yuoh, Gbo ^a   Hove, Maxwell G M ^a   Wen, Julie ^a   Haque, Abida K ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Michaelis Gutmann bodies; Pulmonary malakoplakia; Rhodococcus equi pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; MALACOPLAKIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALACOPLAKIA; MALE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0029980173     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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