AIDS opportunistic infections

the first photo shows the lesions of kaposi sarcoma which is common in aids patients.

1- a cd4 count of less than 350 cells / microlitre is an indication to start the antiretroviral therapy in aids patients .

2- a cd4 count of less than 200 cells /microlitre is an indication that the patient is highly susceptible for pneumocystis carinii .

3- a cd4 count of less than 50 cells /microlitre is an indication that the patient is highly susceptible for CMV and mycobacteria of the mycobacterium avium complex.

4- as the cd4 count falls the opportunistic infections which will occur in an aids patient in the correct order as the count falls are

a- HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS

b- HERPES ZOSTER

c- CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS

d- KAPOSI SARCOMA

e- CRYPTOCCAL MENINGITIS

f- CANDIDIAL OESOPHAGITIS

g- PRIMARY PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA( less than 200 cells/ microlitre - cd4 count)

h- NON HODGKIN LYMPHOMA

i- AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX

j- PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUCOENCEPHALOPATHY

k- WASTING SYNDROME

l- TOXOPLASMA GONDII ENCEPHALITIS

m- CMV RETINITIS ( less than 50 cells / microlitre )cd4 count.

n- SECONDARY PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA

0- MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX BACTEREMIA( less than 50 cells / microlitre )cd4 count.