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From: Gastric ulcer and duodenitis associated with coinfection of human herpesvirus-8 and cytomegalovirus in a renal transplant recipient: a case report

Fig. 2

Histologic features of the biopsy. (A) Diffuse acute and chronic inflammatory cell infiltration in the ulcer of the stomach (H&E stain, original magnification: × 200). (B) At higher magnification, typical eosinophilic inclusion body (arrow and inset) in the nucleus of the cell in the lamina propria (H&E stain, original magnification: × 400). Immunohistochemical staining for herpes viruses. The biopsy was negative for (C) Herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1, (D) Varicella Zoster virus (VZV), and (E) Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Immunohistochemical staining was positive for (F) cytomegalovirus (CMV) infected cells (original magnification: × 400). The biopsy was negative for (G) Human Herpesvirus (HHV)-6 and (H) HHV-7, and immunohistochemical staining for (I) HHV-8 was positive in the nucleus of infected cells (original magnification: × 400)

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