Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Depression of Local Cell-mediated Immunity and Histological Characteristics of Disseminated AIDS-related Mycobacterium avium Infection after the Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy
Kenji HibiyaMasao TateyamaKatsuji TeruyaMakoto MochizukiHideta NakamuraDaisuke TasatoMakoto FurugenFutoshi HigaHisako EndoYoshimi KikuchiShinichi OkaJiro Fujita
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2013 Volume 52 Issue 16 Pages 1793-1803

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Abstract

Objective The aim of the present study was to examine the immunohistological characteristics of disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection after the initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Methods We histologically investigated five autopsied AIDS patients with systemic M. avium infection.
Results The inflammatory cell composition in the affected tissues was assessed using immunohistochemistry. The celiac lymph nodes and intestinal canal were the most commonly involved organs in the AIDS cases. The most common histological feature was unstructured aggregation of histiocytes. Immunohistochemistry revealed depression of CD4+, CD8+ and CD57+ cells in the gut lamina propria and mesenteric lymph nodes.
Conclusion These findings suggest that local cell-mediated immunity is depressed in affected tissues and that the primary histological feature is poor organization of granulomas in mycobacterial lesions, despite the administration of adequate ART.

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