Basilio-de-Oliveira CA, Valle HA, Fialho F, Quinhoes EP, Miguez LA, Morais-de-Sa CA; International Conference on AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS. 1989 Jun 4-9; 5: 491 (abstract no. B.563).

Gaffree & Guinle University Hospital, University of Rio de Janeiro (UNI-RIO), Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the main infectious conditions found among 58 autopsies of AIDS patients, and compare the findings among risk groups. METHODS: The staining techniques used were: Hemathoxilin-eosin, PAS, Grocott and Reticulin. RESULTS: TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME. CONCLUSIONS: 1. Toxoplasmosis was the most important CNS lesion in our material. 2. Glossitis was the most frequent organic alteration caused by association of gram positive and negative bacteria, papillomavirus and Candida albicans. 3. Tuberculosis is frequent causa mortis of HS/BS AIDS patients. 4. Tuberculosis shows a generalized exudative character. M. tuberculosis meningitis was rare among our patients. 5. Among the lesions caused by Cytomegalovirus we emphasize lung and gastrointestinal tract processes, showing ulcers and perforations in the last.

Publication Types:

• Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

• AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• Autopsy
• Biomedical Research
• Brazil
• Communicable Diseases
• Humans
• Infection
• Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection
• Opportunistic Infections
• Toxoplasmosis
• Tuberculosis
• Tuberculosis, Meningeal
• methods

Other ID:

• 00254889

UI: 102178450

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