Special histologic stains are rarely beneficial for the evaluation of HIV-related gastrointestinal infections

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 387-394

  Monkemuller K E ^a   Bussian, A H ^a   Lazenby, A J ^a   Wilcox, C M ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; CMV; Cytomegalovirus; Histology; HIV; Immunohistochemistry; Intestinal infections

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HERPES VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034502006     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/114.3.387     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Intestinal infections in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: A prospective study in 132 patients
2. The causes of esophageal symptoms in human immunodeficiency virus infection: A prospective study of 110 patients
3. Esophageal ulceration in human immunodeficiency virus infection: Causes, response to therapy, and long-term outcome
4. Investigation of chronic diarrhea in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: A prospective study of 155 patients
5. Cytomegalovirus esophagitis in AIDS: A prospective study of clinical response to ganciclovir therapy, relapse rate, and long-term outcome
6. Cytomegalovirus esophagitis in patients with AIDS: A clinical, endoscopic, and pathologic correlation
7. Oesophageal symptoms, their causes, treatment, and prognosis in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome
8. Diagnosis and treatment of esophageal diseases associated with HIV-infection
9. Treatment of HIV-related cytomegalovirus disease of the gastrointestinal tract with foscarnet
10. Ganciclovir treatment of gastrointestinal infections caused by cytomegalovirus in patients with AIDS
11. Atypical cytomegalovirus inclusions in gastrointestinal biopsy specimens from patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: Diagnostic role of in situ nucleic acid hybridization
12. Use of amplification DNA for diagnosis of cytomegalovirus enteritis after intestinal transplantation
13. Cytomegalovirus DNA level on biopsy specimens during treatment of cytomegalovirus gastrointestinal disease
14. Correlation of in situ hybridization with histology and viral culture in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with cytomegalovirus colitis
15. Cytomegalovirus enteritis in a nonimmunocompromised host: Usefulness of polymerase chain reaction by using paraffin-embedded biopsy specimen for the diagnosis
16. A comparison of routine light microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and in situ hybridization for the detection of cytomegalovirus in gastrointestinal biopsies
17. Prospective evaluation of biopsy number for the diagnosis of viral esophagitis in patients with HIV infection and esophageal ulcer
18. Evaluation of diagnostic criteria for mucosal cytomegalic inclusion disease in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
19. Review article: The therapy of gastrointestinal infections in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
20. Diarrhea in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients: Where did all the Microsporidia go?