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HIV1/AIDS-associated respiratory tract disorder
Etiology:
1) sinusitis
a) Streptococcus pneumoniae
b) Haemophilus influenzae
c) Moraxella catarrhalis
d) coagulase negative staphylococci
e) Staphylococcus aureus
f) Streptococcus viridans
g) Pseudomonas aeruginosa may be sole cause with CD4 counts < 50/mm3
h) Aspergillus
i) Acanthamoeba
j) Mycobacterium avium
k) molds
2) osteomyelitis as a complication of bacterial sinusitis
3) pulmonary disease
a) bacterial pneumonia
1] Streptococcus pneumoniae
2] Staphylococcus aureus
3] Haemophilus influenzae
4] Klebsiella pneumoniae
5] Pseudomonas aeruginosa
6] Legionella pneumophila
7] Nocardia asteroides
8] group A beta-hemolytic streptococci
9] Rhodococcus equi
b) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
c) Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
d) pneumonitis secondary to systemic fungal infections
1] Cryptococcus
2] histoplasmosis
3] coccidioidomycosis
4] aspergillosis
e) Kaposi's sarcoma may occur in the tracheobronchial mucosa or pulmonary parenchyma
f) lymphoma
Related
Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (HIV infection stage 3, AIDS)
General
complications in patients with HIV1 infection
respiratory tract disease