Disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome mimicking Whipplés disease

We report a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome whose clinical presentation and histologic features resembled Whipple's disease. The unique feature of this case was the absence of Whipple's bacillus and the presence of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare within macrophages infil...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) N.Y. 1943), 1983-11, Vol.85 (5), p.1187-1191
Hauptverfasser:	GILLIN, S. J, URMACHER, C, WEST, R, SHIKE, M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - complications Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - diagnosis Adult AIDS/HIV Biological and medical sciences Diagnosis, Differential Humans Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies Immunopathology Intestine, Small - microbiology Macrophages - microbiology Male Medical sciences Mycobacterium avium Mycobacterium Infections - diagnosis Mycobacterium Infections - etiology Whipple Disease - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome whose clinical presentation and histologic features resembled Whipple's disease. The unique feature of this case was the absence of Whipple's bacillus and the presence of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare within macrophages infiltrating the small intestinal lamina propria.
ISSN:	0016-5085 1528-0012