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HIV/AIDS Diagnostics
BM sampling in HIV/AIDS is of value when coexisting fever and cytopenia are of undetermined origin
December 29th, 2005
Bone marrow sampling in HIV/AIDS is of value when coexisting fever and cytopenia are of undetermined origin. According to recent research from England, "We investigated the diagnostic value of bone marrow (BM) sampling in investigation of HIV-infected patients presenting to a major London HIV treatment center between 1999 and 2004. One hundred and fourteen consecutive patients underwent 130 BM samplings." "The majority of BM aspirates were normal or showed nondiagnostic changes; microscopy revealed lymphoma in one and mycobacterial infection in two. Subsequent culture identified mycobacterial infection in nine samples," M.J. Llewelyn and colleagues...
Source: Blood Weekly (2005-12-29)
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