title: [HIV infection and the lower gastrointestinal tract--characteristics of endoscopic diagnosis].
abstract: In the course of HIV infection intestinal complaints, particularly diarrhoea, are frequent. As a result of the HIV-induced immunosuppression infections with unusual viral, mycobacterial and protozoan pathogens occur. In addition usually self-limiting intestinal infections become frequently persistent in HIV-positive patients with advanced cellular immunodeficiency. Intestinal manifestation of HIV-associated neoplasm is not rare. In combination with microbiological examination of stool specimen endoscopy of the lower gastrointestinal tract is a valuable diagnostic method, especially for the diagnosis of viral infections and neoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Infektiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mauss
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borchard
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jablonowski
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Niederau
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D019053:HIV Enteropathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: HIV-Infektion und unterer Gastrointestinaltrakt--Besonderheiten der endoskopischen Diagnostik.