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Definition / general | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Positive stains | Differential diagnosisCite this page: Gulwani, H. Mycobacteria. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/smallbowelmycobacteria.html. Accessed April 21st, 2018.
Definition / general
- Aerobic and nonmotile bacteria without endospores or capsules that typically cause small bowel disease only in immunosuppressed or HIV+, usually as part of disseminated infection
Case reports
- 31 year old woman with HIV and upper GI bleeding (Clin Infect Dis 2009;48:321, Clin Infect Dis 2009;48:368 [answer to quiz])
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Foamy macrophages fill lamina propria
- Usually patchy, no fat vacuoles
Microscopic (histologic) images
Differential diagnosis