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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

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
Lin WV, Kruse RL, Yang K, Musher DM
Clin Microbiol Infect 2019 Mar;25(3):310-315. Epub 2018 May 16 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.04.033. PMID: 29777923
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

Herwaldt BL
Lancet 1999 Oct 2;354(9185):1191-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)10178-2. PMID: 10513726
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
Bloom EJ, Abrams DI, Rodgers G
JAMA 1986 Jul 25;256(4):491-3. PMID: 3088292

Therapy

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
Herwaldt BL
Lancet 1999 Oct 2;354(9185):1191-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)10178-2. PMID: 10513726
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

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
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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