Herpesvirus infection of the respiratory tract electronmicroscopic observation of the virus in cells obtained from a sputum cytology.
A case of herpesvirus infection of the respiratory tract in which the virus was seen ultrastructurally in cells obtained from a routine sputum collected for cytology studies, is presented. The method described would seem feasible for additonal studies at the ultrastructural level of cells obtained during collection of material for routine cytology of the respiratory tract. In the present case the virus particles were easily seen and characterized.
D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000382:microbiology; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000382:microbiology*; D013183:Sputum / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology*