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There is a long list of AIDS-defining illnesses.<ref name=pmid19052530>{{cite journal |author=Schneider E, Whitmore S, Glynn KM, Dominguez K, Mitsch A, McKenna MT |title=Revised surveillance case definitions for HIV infection among adults, adolescents, and children aged <18 months and for HIV infection and AIDS among children aged 18 months to <13 years--United States, 2008 |journal=MMWR Recomm Rep |volume=57 |issue=RR-10 |pages=1–12 |year=2008 |month=December |pmid=19052530 |doi= |url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5710a1.htm}}</ref> | There is a long list of AIDS-defining illnesses.<ref name=pmid19052530>{{cite journal |author=Schneider E, Whitmore S, Glynn KM, Dominguez K, Mitsch A, McKenna MT |title=Revised surveillance case definitions for HIV infection among adults, adolescents, and children aged <18 months and for HIV infection and AIDS among children aged 18 months to <13 years--United States, 2008 |journal=MMWR Recomm Rep |volume=57 |issue=RR-10 |pages=1–12 |year=2008 |month=December |pmid=19052530 |doi= |url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5710a1.htm}}</ref> | ||
Selected infectious AIDS-defining illnesses: | |||
*[[Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia]]. | *[[Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia]]. | ||
Selected neoplastic AIDS-defining illnesses: | |||
*[[Kaposi sarcoma]]. | *[[Kaposi sarcoma]]. | ||
Revision as of 21:39, 8 January 2012
Human immunodeficiency virus, abbreviated HIV, is the causative agent in acquire immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) - unless you're a nutbar South African president called Thabo Mbeki.[1]
It is associated with a very wide range of pathology including neoplasias and infections.
HIV-associated pathology
Neoplasia
- Kaposi sarcoma.
- Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Primary effusion lymphoma[2] - considered to be a special subtype of DLBCL.[3]
Other
- Haemophagocytic syndrome.
- Castleman disease, plasma cell variant.
Infections
- Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP).
- Toxoplasmosis.
- Cryptosporidiosis.
- Tuberculosis.
- Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).
- Consists of: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare.
- MAC = MAI (Mycobacterium avium intracellulare).[4] (???)
- Consists of: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare.
Less common:
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
- Isosporiasis - caused by Isospora belli.[5]
AIDS-defining conditions
There is a long list of AIDS-defining illnesses.[6]
Selected infectious AIDS-defining illnesses:
Selected neoplastic AIDS-defining illnesses:
See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/world/africa/26aids.html. Accessed on: 19 September 2010.
- ↑ Staudt MR, Kanan Y, Jeong JH, Papin JF, Hines-Boykin R, Dittmer DP (July 2004). "The tumor microenvironment controls primary effusion lymphoma growth in vivo". Cancer Res. 64 (14): 4790–9. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-3835. PMID 15256448.
- ↑ Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 322. ISBN 978-1416054542.
- ↑ URL: http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.
- ↑ URL: http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/DECUNKNOWN.HTML. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.
- ↑ Schneider E, Whitmore S, Glynn KM, Dominguez K, Mitsch A, McKenna MT (December 2008). "Revised surveillance case definitions for HIV infection among adults, adolescents, and children aged <18 months and for HIV infection and AIDS among children aged 18 months to <13 years--United States, 2008". MMWR Recomm Rep 57 (RR-10): 1–12. PMID 19052530. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5710a1.htm.