Difference between revisions of "Human immunodeficiency virus"

From Libre Pathology
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 10: Line 10:


==Other==
==Other==
===Miscellaneous===
*[[Haemophagocytic syndrome]].
*[[Haemophagocytic syndrome]].
*[[Castleman disease]], plasma cell variant.  
*[[Castleman disease]], plasma cell variant.  
===Renal pathology===
*[[Collapsing glomerulopathy]].
*[[Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis]].


==Infections==
==Infections==

Revision as of 05:11, 24 February 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

Other

Miscellaneous

Renal pathology

Infections

Less common:

AIDS-defining conditions

There is a long list of AIDS-defining illnesses.[7]

Selected infectious AIDS-defining illnesses

Selected neoplastic AIDS-defining illnesses

See also

References

  1. URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/world/africa/26aids.html. Accessed on: 19 September 2010.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. McClain, KL.; Joshi, VV.; Murphy, SB. (Oct 1996). "Cancers in children with HIV infection.". Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 10 (5): 1189-201. PMID 8880205.
  5. URL: http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.
  6. URL: http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/DECUNKNOWN.HTML. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.
  7. 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.