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==Infections== | ==Infections== | ||
*[[Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia]] (PCP). | *[[Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia]] (PCP). | ||
*[[Toxoplasmosis]]. | *[[Toxoplasmosis]]. | ||
*[[Cryptosporidiosis]]. | *[[Cryptosporidiosis]]. | ||
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**Consists of: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare. | **Consists of: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare. | ||
***MAC = MAI (Mycobacterium avium intracellulare).<ref>URL: [http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML]. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.</ref> (???) | ***MAC = MAI (Mycobacterium avium intracellulare).<ref>URL: [http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML]. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.</ref> (???) | ||
Less common: | |||
*[[Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy]]. | |||
*[[Isosporiasis]] - caused by Isospora belli.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/DECUNKNOWN.HTML http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/DECUNKNOWN.HTML]. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 05:48, 3 January 2012
Human immunodeficiency virus, abbreviated HIV, is the causative agent in acquire immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) - unless you're a nutbar South African president called Thabo Mbeki.[1]
It is associated with a very wide range of pathology including neoplasias and infections.
Neoplasia
- Kaposi sarcoma.
- Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Primary effusion lymphoma[2] - considered to be a special subtype of DLBCL.[3]
Other
- Haemophagocytic syndrome.
- Castleman disease, plasma cell variant.
Infections
- Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP).
- Toxoplasmosis.
- Cryptosporidiosis.
- Tuberculosis.
- Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).
- Consists of: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare.
- MAC = MAI (Mycobacterium avium intracellulare).[4] (???)
- Consists of: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare.
Less common:
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
- Isosporiasis - caused by Isospora belli.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/world/africa/26aids.html. Accessed on: 19 September 2010.
- ↑ Staudt MR, Kanan Y, Jeong JH, Papin JF, Hines-Boykin R, Dittmer DP (July 2004). "The tumor microenvironment controls primary effusion lymphoma growth in vivo". Cancer Res. 64 (14): 4790–9. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-3835. PMID 15256448.
- ↑ Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 322. ISBN 978-1416054542.
- ↑ URL: http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.
- ↑ URL: http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/DECUNKNOWN.HTML. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.