Hiv/aids

Description

• AIDS: Defined as lab evidence of HIV with CD4 <200 or AIDS-defining illness—infection (e.g., cryptosporidium), malignancy (e.g., Kaposi, cervical cancer), or other (e.g., HIV wasting disease, HIV encephalopathy)
• Opportunistic diseases:
  • CD <500 cells/mm³:
    • Oroesophageal candidiasis
    • Pneumococcal infection
    • Hairy leukoplakia
    • Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
  • CD4 <200 cells/mm³:
    • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP, formerly PCP)
    • Cryptococcal infection
    • Disseminated tuberculosis
    • Cryptosporidiosis
    • Isosporiasis
    • Toxoplasmosis
    • Histoplasmosis
  • CD4 <50 cells/mm³:
    • CNS lymphoma
    • Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
    • TB pericarditis or meningitis
    • Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
    • Cholangiopathy (most common cause Cryptosporidium parvum)