title: [Gastrointestinal findings in HIV infection. Clinical aspects, microbiological findings and endoscopic picture].
abstract: Among 200 hospitalized patients treated for HIV infections there were 98 with gastrointestinal symptoms, independent of the stage of the disease. Only 22 had abnormal stool findings. But histological examination and culture of endoscopically obtained biopsies revealed opportunistic infection in 62, of whom 28 had a cytomegalovirus infection. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare was found in the gastrointestinal mucosa of 25 patients, but its clinical significance is unclear. In 33 of the 98 patients previously classified as positive for HIV or AIDS-related complex, endoscopic demonstration of an opportunistic infection required amendment of their HIV stage. In over 60% endoscopy revealed mucosal changes. A distinction from Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis could only be made by histology or exclusion of the causative microorganism. Demonstration of the causative microorganism from the biopsy is thus essential in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms, because specific treatment is in principle possible and successful for some opportunistic infections.
authors.affiliation: II. Innere Abteilung (Infektiologie und Gastroenterologie), Auguste-Viktoria-Krankenhaus, Berlin-Schöneberg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Heise
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mostertz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arasteh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skörde
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: L'age
mesh_terms: D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000150:complications; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004724:Endoscopy; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Gastrointestinale Befunde bei der HIV-Infektion. Klinik, mikrobiologische Befunde und endoskopisches Erscheinungsbild.