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  • Title: Identification of cytomegalovirus infection in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
    Author: Tomita T, Chiga M, Lenahan M, Balachandran N.
    Journal: Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol; 1990; 416(6):497-503. PubMed ID: 2159674.
    Abstract:
    Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection was observed in 10 of 12 autopsy cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and appears to be the commonest life-threatening viral infection in AIDS. In all 10 cases, adrenal glands were affected with CMV and adrenal medullary necrosis was present in 6 cases. Lungs were affected with CMV in 7 cases with disseminated infection and positive CMV culture. In situ hybridization of tissue sections with CMV-specific DNA provided positive staining for CMV in inclusions as well as other infected cells without obvious inclusions. Human diploid lung fibroblasts were infected with isolated CMV in culture, yielding positive CMV identification within 5 days by in situ hybridization before specific cytopathic changes appeared in the fibroblasts. The early and specific detection of CMV is possible by in situ hybridization with cultured fibroblasts.
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