Hiv/aids
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- 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)
- CD <500 cells/mm3:
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Basics
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)
- CD <500 cells/mm3:
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