Diseases

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections

Opportunistic infections found in patients who test positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The most common include PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA, Kaposi's sarcoma, cryptosporidiosis, herpes simplex, toxoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, and infections with Mycobacterium avium complex, Microsporidium, and Cytomegalovirus.

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Abstract

Opportunistic infections found in patients who test positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The most common include PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA, Kaposi's sarcoma, cryptosporidiosis, herpes simplex, toxoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, and infections with Mycobacterium avium complex, Microsporidium, and Cytomegalovirus.

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13 entry terms
  • HIV-Related Opportunistic Infections
  • Opportunistic Infections, AIDS-Related
  • Opportunistic Infections, HIV-Related
  • AIDS Related Opportunistic Infections
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infection
  • HIV Related Opportunistic Infections
  • HIV-Related Opportunistic Infection
  • Infection, HIV-Related Opportunistic
  • Infections, HIV-Related Opportunistic
  • Opportunistic Infection, AIDS-Related
  • Opportunistic Infection, HIV-Related
  • Opportunistic Infections, AIDS Related
  • Opportunistic Infections, HIV Related

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coord IM with HIV-1 or HIV-2 (IM or NIM if pertinent); coord IM with specific opportunistic infect (IM)

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  • Opportunistic Infections (1983-1992)
  • specific HIV infection (1983-1992)
  • specific opportunistic infection (1983-1992)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017088. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017088
  2. AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28608836