AIDS Defining Illness

Question 1

500-200 cells/mm^3

Answer 1

• Candidiasis

- Kaposi sarcoma (HHV-8)

Question 2

<200 cells/mm^3

Answer 2

• PCP
• Histoplasmosis
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)
• JC virus

Question 3

<100 cells/mm^3

Answer 3

• Toxoplasmosis
• Cryptosporidiosis (chronic and severe diarrhea)
• Cryptococcosis (cryptococcal meningitis and other infections)
• CMV infections

Question 4

<50 cells/mm^3

Answer 4

MAC