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Clinical indicator diseases for adult HIV infection

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clinical indicator diseases for adult HIV infection

 

AIDS-defining conditions

other conditions where HIV testing should be offered

respiratory

  • tuberculosis
  • pneumocystis
  • bacterial pneumonia
  • aspergilosis

neurology

  • cerebral toxoplasmosis
  • primary cerebral lymphoma
  • cryptococcal meningitis
  • progressive multifactorial leucoencephalopathy
  • aseptic meningitis/encephalitis
  • cerebral abscess
  • space occupying lesions of unknown origin
  • Guillain -Barre syndrome
  • transverse myelitis
  • peripheral neuropathy
  • dementia
  • leucoencephalopathy

dermatology

  • kaposi "s sarcoma
  • severe or recalcitrant seborrhoeic dermatitis
  • severe or recalcitrant psoriasis
  • multidermatomal or recurrent herpes zoster

gastroenterology

  • persistent cryptosporidiosis
  • oral candidiasis
  • oral hairy leukoplakia
  • chronic diarrhoea of unknown cause
  • weight loss of unknown cause
  • salmonella, shigella or campylobacter
  • hepatitis B & C infection

oncology

  • non-Hodgkin "s lymphoma
  • anal cancer or anal intraepithelial dysplasia
  • lung cancer
  • seminoma
  • head and neck cancer
  • Hodgkin "s lymphoma
  • Castleman "s disease

gynaecology

  • cervical cancer
  • vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia
  • cervical intraepithelial neoplasia Grade 2 or above

haematology

 

  • any unexplained blood dyscrasia including:
    • thrombocytopenia
    • neutropenia
    • lymphopenia

ophthalmology

  • cytomegalovirus retinitis
  • infective retinal diseases including herpesviruses and toxoplasma
  • any unexplained retinopathy

ENT

 

  • lymphadenopathy of unknown cause
  • chronic parotitis
  • lymphoepithelial parotid cysts

other

 

  • mononucleosis-like syndrome (primary HIV infection)
  • pyrexia of unknown origin
  • any lymphadenopathy of unknown cause
  • any sexually transmitted infection

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