opportunistic infections and tumours
Last reviewed 01/2018
Patients with a CD4 count of <200x10^6 per litre are susceptible to infections by pathogens which would not normally cause disease in an immunocompetent individual.
Common opportunistic infections are:
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
- cerebral toxoplasmosis
- oesophageal candidiasis
- diarrhoea, pathogens including:
- Cryptosporidium
- CMV
- atypical mycobacteria
Common malignant disease includes:
- Kaposi's sarcoma
- high-grade B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- cervical carcinoma