Common diseases HIV pos adults

Question 1

CD4 count < 500

Answer 1

C. albicans: oral thrush
EBV: oral hairy leukoplakia
Bartonella henselae: Bacillary angiomatosis
HHV8: Kaposi sarcoma
Cryptosporidium spp: chronic, waterry diarrhea
HPV: squamous cell carcinoma (anus or cervix)

Question 2

CD4 count < 200

Answer 2

Toxoplasma gondii: brain abscess
HIV: dementia
JC virus (reactivation): progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Pneumocystic jirovecii: Pneumocystic pneumonia

Question 3

CD4 count < 100

Answer 3

Aspergillus fumigatus: hemoptysis, pleuritic pain
Cryptococcus neoformas: meningitis
Candida albicans: esophagitis
CMV: retinitis, esophagitis, colitis, pneumonitis, encephalitis
EBV: B cell lymphoma (non hodgkin, CNS)
Histoplasma: fever, wt loss, fatigue, cough, dyspnea, n/v/d
MAC: nonspecific systemic, focal lymphadenitis