Prospective comparison of brush cytology, viral culture, and histology for the diagnosis of ulcerative esophagitis in AIDS

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 564-567

  Wilcox, C Mel ^a   Rodgers, William ^b   Lazenby, Audrey ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS; CMV; cytomegalovirus; herpes simplex virus; HIV; HSV; human immunodeficiency virus; idiopathic esophagus ulcers; IEU; IHC; immunohistochemical

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULCER;

EID: 3042540205     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-3565(04)00239-3     Document Type: Article

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