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An Ex vivo Assay to Study Candida albicans Hyphal Morphogenesis in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Published on: July 1, 2020
[Gastrointestinal infections in the immunocompromised patient]
Nathalie Nagy1, Myriam Remmelink1, J P van Vooren1
1Service d'anatomo-pathologie, Hôpital Erasme, route de Lennik 808, 1070 Bruxelles, (Belgique).
Abstract:
The gastrointestinal tract is frequently involved in immunocompromised hosts. The most common digestive manifestations are dysphagia, odynophagia and diarrhea. These diseases are more frequent in patients with acquired immunodeficiency virus (AIDS).These GI diseases are of several categories: HIV related inflammatory conditions (HIV related enteropathy, idiopathic esophageal ulceration), infections due to germs also commonly present in immunocompetent patients (Salmonellosis, shigellosis,…), opportunistic infections (CMV, Mucormycosis,Cryptosporidium, Mycobacterium, Isospora belli,…).The prevalence, pathogenesis, clinical manifestation, gross pathological findings and microscopic features are discussed for each entity.
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