A comparative study of two histological techniques for the identification of cytomegalovirus infection in colorectal biopsies from patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease Estudio comparativo entre dos técnicas histológicas para el diagnóstico de infección por citomegalovirus en biopsias colorrectales de pacientes con enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal crónica idiopática

A comparative study of two histological techniques for the identification of cytomegalovirus infection in colorectal biopsies from patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease Estudio comparativo entre dos técnicas histológicas para el diagnóstico de infección por citomegalovirus en biopsias colorrectales de pacientes con enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal crónica idiopática

Background: the role that cytomegalovirus (CMV) plays in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is controversial. The diagnosis of CMV infection in IBD depends on viral identification with hematoxylin-eosin (HE) or immunohistochemistry (IHC). Our aim was to compare the sensitivity of HE and IHC for this d...

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Main Authors: M. L. de Castro, A. Tardío, V. del Campo, A. Estévez, J. R. Pineda, F. Domínguez, J. A. Hermo, J. Clofent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2009-10-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
Subjects:
Citomegalovirus
Enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal
Colitis ulcerosa
Enfermedad de Crohn
Inmunodepresión
Diagnóstico
Cytomegalovirus infection
Inflammatory bowel disease
Ulcerative colitis
Crohn's disease
Immunohistochemistry
Diagnosis
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