Complications
When the CD4 count falls below 50x10^6 per litre the typical
- atypical mycobacterial infections:
- the most common micro-organisms are the mycobacterium avium complex
- the most common micro-organisms are the mycobacterium avium complex
- systemic fungal infection:
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Histoplasma capsulatum in the Americas
- candidiasis
- CMV disease:
- retinitis
- colitis
- oesophagitis
- encephalitis
- radiculitis
- neoplastic disease:
- Kaposi's sarcoma
- high-grade B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- neurological complications:
- AIDS dementia complex
- progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy
- primary cerebral lymphoma
- peripheral neuropathy or myopathy which may be complications of nuceloside analogue therapies
Related pages
- Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
- Cryptococcosis
- Histoplasmosis
- Candidiasis
- Cytomegalovirus in AIDS and the immunocompromised
- Kaposi's sarcoma
- HIV related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- AIDS dementia complex
- Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy
- Primary cerebral lymphoma
- HIV related thrombocytopenia
- Neuropathy induced by antiviral nucleoside analogues
- Myopathy induced by antiviral nucleoside analogues
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