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Opportunistic infections by disease type

22 July 2009

Bacterial Infections

  • Mycobacterium avium complex (MAI/MAC)
  • Mycobacterium kansasii
  • Salmonellosis
  • Syphilis and neurosyphilis
  • Tuberculosis (TB)

Malignancies (cancers)

  • Anal dysplasia/cancer
  • Cervical dysplasia/cancer
  • Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS)
  • Lymphomas

Viral infections

  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  • Hepatitis C (HCV)
  • Herpes simplex virus (HSV, oral and genital herpes)
  • Herpes zoster virus (shingles)
  • Human papilloma virus (HPV, genital warts, anal/cervical dysplasia/cancer)
  • Molluscum contagiosum
  • Oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL)
  • Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)

Fungal infections

  • Aspergillosis
  • Candidiasis (thrush, yeast infection)
  • Coccidioidomycosis
  • Cryptococcal meningitis
  • Histoplasmosis

Protozoal infections

  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Isosporiasis
  • Malaria
  • Microsporidiosis
  • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP, pneumocystis jiroveci (yee-row-vet-zee) – formerly pneumocystis carinii)
  • Toxoplasmosis

Neurological conditions

  • AIDS dementia complex (ADC)
  • Peripheral neuropathy

Other conditions

  • Aphthous ulcers (canker sores)
  • Thrombocytopenia (low platelets)
  • Wasting syndrome

Source: AIDSmeds


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