Pseudo-Whipple disease caused by atypical mycobacteriosis in AIDS: a clinical and electron microscopic study of 2 cases
Dionisio, D.; Di Lollo, S.; Milo, D.; Gabbrielli, M.; Asirelli, G.; Giannelli, E.; Mecocci, L.; Tortoli, E.
Recenti Progressi in Medicina 81(9): 571-575
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0034-1193 PMID: 1702229 Accession: 041115439
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.