AIDS withMycobacterium avium-IntracellulareLesions Resembling Those of Whipple's Disease

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To the Editor: The defect in cellular immunity primarily affecting the male homosexual population and associated with opportunistic systemic infections and Kaposi's sarcoma is currently the subject of intense medical interest.1 Many of these patients have evidence of disseminated infection with the Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare complex (MAC), leading to widespread organ infiltration with foamy macrophages containing large numbers of acid-fast bacilli.2 3 4 We have recently observed a patient who had the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) with MAC and unusual small-bowel lesions with the histopathological appearance of Whipple's disease.A 30-year-old white male homosexual was admitted with AIDS and advanced Kaposi's sarcoma diagnosed . . .