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Opportunistic infections and tumours

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Patients with a CD4 count of <200x10^6 per litre are susceptible to infections by pathogens which would not normally cause disease in an immunocompetent individual.

Common opportunistic infections are:

  • Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
  • cerebral toxoplasmosis
  • oesophageal candidiasis
  • diarrhoea, pathogens including:
    • Cryptosporidium
    • CMV
    • atypical mycobacteria

Common malignant disease includes:

  • Kaposi's sarcoma
  • high-grade B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • cervical carcinoma

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