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Opportunistic infections of the testis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
M E De Paepe1, C Guerrieri, M Waxman
1Department of Pathology, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York, NY.
The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, New York
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The testes of an autopsy sample of 56 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and systemic opportunistic infections were studied for the presence and type of testicular infection. Light-microscopic evidence of opportunistic organisms (cytomegalovirus, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, and Toxoplasma) was present in 22 cases (39%). Based on the prevalence and histologic features of the testicular infections and the biological characteristics of the specific organisms, the possible sexual transmission of opportunistic organisms in AIDS is discussed.