Chapter 21 HIV and Other Immune Deficiencies

Question 1

Maligncies seen with HIV

Answer 1

Kaposi’s sarcoma, lymphomas

Question 2

HIV labs

Answer 2

Lymphocyte counts
CD4+ T-cells and CD+ T-cells
Antibody tests
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
Western blot, viral load
Quantitative RNA assays

Question 3

HIV drug therapy

Answer 3

Nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Protease inhibitors
Fusion inhibitors
Entry inhibitors
Integrase inhibitors
Immune enhancement