Variably acid-fast bacteria in vivo in a case of reactive lymph node hyperplasia occurring in a young male homosexual. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1983. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Variably acid-fast bacteria in vivo in a case of reactive lymph node hyperplasia occurring in a young male homosexual.

Growth. 1982 Winter;46(4):331-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/83158853
Cantwell AR Jr

Abstract: Ziehl-Neelsen (acid-fast) and Giemsa-stained microscopic sections of enlarged cervical lymph nodes obtained from a 39 year-old male homosexual with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were studied for the presence of cell wall-deficient bacteria. Intra- and extra-cellular, variably acid-fast forms were observed within the lymph nodes showing benign reactive lymph node hyperplasia. Similar-appearing variably acid-fast bacteria have previously been demonstrated in Kaposi's sarcoma, a malignancy which may ultimately develop in gay men with AIDS. It is hypothesized that these microbes observed in vivo may be pathogenic in immunodepressed states, such as the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*MICROBIOLOGY Adult Bacteria/*ISOLATION & PURIF Case Report *Homosexuality Human Hyperplasia/MICROBIOLOGY Lymph Nodes/*PATHOLOGY Male Stains and Staining JOURNAL ARTICLE

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