WIDESPREAD PRESENCE OF HISTOLOGICALLY OCCULT CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
WIDESPREAD PRESENCE OF HISTOLOGICALLY OCCULT CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
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DOI:
10.1016/s0046-8177(84)80076-3
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
MCDOUGALL, JK
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作者:
MYERSON, D;HACKMAN, RC;MCDOUGALL, JK
Disseminated cytomegalovirus (CMV) was investigated by in situ hybridization in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections with biotinylated DNA probes. Two cases [human] of disseminated CMV infection were studied at autopsy by this highly specific technique. The presence of CMV in cytomegalic cells is readily shown. In addition, CMV was detected and localized in many normal-appearing cells. This occult infection occurs in cardiac myocytes, hepatocytes, spleen and lymph node reticular cells, endometrial stromal and glandular cells and breast stromal cells, as well as in cells in the renal glomerulus, tubule and interstitium, adrenal cortex and medulla, fallopian tube submucosa, myometrium and anterior pituitary. Cytomegalovirus infection of endothelial cells was further documented by immunohistochemical methods utilizing antibody to Factor VIII. CMV evidently disseminates hematogenously throughout the body, initiating necrotizing foci of infection. The appearance of many diffuse foci suggests that local viral spread occurs via endothelial cell infection. Surprisingly, lymphocyte involvement was not observed.