TY - JOUR
T1 - Herpetic Tracheobronchitis
T2 - Cytologic and Virologic Detection
AU - Jordan, Scott W.
AU - Mclaren, Leroy C.
AU - Crosby, John H.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1975/6
Y1 - 1975/6
N2 - Tracheobronchitis due to herpes simplex virus is a well-recognized finding in cases of burns, debilitation, or immunosuppression. Nearly all reported cases have been diagnosed at necropsy despite the possibility for clinical detection of such infections by exfoliative cytological studies, virus isolation and identification, or both. The present report details the cytologic and virologic diagnosis of herpetic tracheobronchitis in a patient with carcinoma of the lung and alcoholic fatty liver. Respiratory cells with herpetic infection cytologically showed less tendency to multinucleation than the characteristic herpes-infected cells of squamous epithelium, which may be a source of diagnostic confusion.
AB - Tracheobronchitis due to herpes simplex virus is a well-recognized finding in cases of burns, debilitation, or immunosuppression. Nearly all reported cases have been diagnosed at necropsy despite the possibility for clinical detection of such infections by exfoliative cytological studies, virus isolation and identification, or both. The present report details the cytologic and virologic diagnosis of herpetic tracheobronchitis in a patient with carcinoma of the lung and alcoholic fatty liver. Respiratory cells with herpetic infection cytologically showed less tendency to multinucleation than the characteristic herpes-infected cells of squamous epithelium, which may be a source of diagnostic confusion.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1975.00330060028003
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1975.00330060028003
M3 - Article
C2 - 165793
AN - SCOPUS:0016592451
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 135
SP - 784
EP - 788
JO - Archives of Internal Medicine
JF - Archives of Internal Medicine
IS - 6
ER -