Borges M C, Colares J K B, Lima D M, Fonseca B A L
Department of Internal Medicine, University of São Paulo Medical School at Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
Int J STD AIDS. 2009 Apr;20(4):238-40. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008317.
HIV patients frequently have opportunistic oesophageal infections. We report Haemophilus ducreyi genetic material detected by polymerase chain reaction in biopsies of oesophageal lesions in three HIV-1-infected patients. This finding may be an indication of its aetiopathological role in oesophageal lesions of HIV patients.