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AIDS Associated Opportunistic Infection

MedGen UID:
56444
•Concept ID:
C0162526
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: AIDS Related Opportunistic Infections; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infection; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; HIV Related Opportunistic Infections; HIV-Related Opportunistic Infection; HIV-Related Opportunistic Infections; Infection, HIV-Related Opportunistic; Infections, HIV-Related Opportunistic; Opportunistic Infection, AIDS-Related; Opportunistic Infection, HIV-Related; Opportunistic Infections, AIDS Related; Opportunistic Infections, AIDS-Related; Opportunistic Infections, HIV Related; Opportunistic Infections, HIV-Related

Definition

Opportunistic infections found in patients who test positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The most common include PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA, Kaposi''s sarcoma, cryptosporidiosis, herpes simplex, toxoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, and infections with Mycobacterium avium complex, Microsporidium, and Cytomegalovirus. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAIDS Associated Opportunistic Infection

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Cryptococcal Meningitis Diagnostics and Screening in the Era of Point-of-Care Laboratory Testing.
Rajasingham R, Wake RM, Beyene T, Katende A, Letang E, Boulware DR
J Clin Microbiol 2019 Jan;57(1) Epub 2019 Jan 2 doi: 10.1128/JCM.01238-18. PMID: 30257903Free PMC Article
Kaposi Sarcoma and Cutaneous Angiosarcoma: Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment.
Requena C, Alsina M, Morgado-Carrasco D, Cruz J, Sanmartín O, Serra-Guillén C, Llombart B
Actas Dermosifiliogr (Engl Ed) 2018 Dec;109(10):878-887. Epub 2018 Sep 24 doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2018.06.013. PMID: 30262126
HIV-associated opportunistic CNS infections: pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment.
Bowen LN, Smith B, Reich D, Quezado M, Nath A
Nat Rev Neurol 2016 Oct 27;12(11):662-674. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2016.149. PMID: 27786246

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Leishmaniasis.
Herwaldt BL
Lancet 1999 Oct 2;354(9185):1191-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)10178-2. PMID: 10513726
Kaposi's sarcoma and AIDS: a variable spectrum.
Shepherd FA, Hogg-Johnson S, Fleshner N, Read SE, Fanning MM, Johnson K, Goss P, Coates RA
Clin Invest Med 1989 Dec;12(6):367-73. PMID: 2612089
Lupus anticoagulant in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Bloom EJ, Abrams DI, Rodgers G
JAMA 1986 Jul 25;256(4):491-3. PMID: 3088292

Therapy

Post-antifungal effect of polyene, azole and DNA-analogue agents against oral Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis isolates in HIV disease.
Anil S, Ellepola AN, Samaranayake LP
J Oral Pathol Med 2001 Sep;30(8):481-8. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2001.030008481.x. PMID: 11545239
Leishmaniasis.
Herwaldt BL
Lancet 1999 Oct 2;354(9185):1191-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)10178-2. PMID: 10513726
Kaposi's sarcoma and AIDS: a variable spectrum.
Shepherd FA, Hogg-Johnson S, Fleshner N, Read SE, Fanning MM, Johnson K, Goss P, Coates RA
Clin Invest Med 1989 Dec;12(6):367-73. PMID: 2612089

Prognosis

Post-antifungal effect of polyene, azole and DNA-analogue agents against oral Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis isolates in HIV disease.
Anil S, Ellepola AN, Samaranayake LP
J Oral Pathol Med 2001 Sep;30(8):481-8. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2001.030008481.x. PMID: 11545239
Kaposi's sarcoma and AIDS: a variable spectrum.
Shepherd FA, Hogg-Johnson S, Fleshner N, Read SE, Fanning MM, Johnson K, Goss P, Coates RA
Clin Invest Med 1989 Dec;12(6):367-73. PMID: 2612089

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