Opportunistic infections by disease type

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

Last updated: 22 July 2009.