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HIV1/AIDS-associated rheumatologic disorder
Etiology:
1) arthralgias are common
2) severe rheumatologic disorders are rare
a) Sjogren's syndrome
b) Reiter's syndrome
c) septic arthritis
d) vasculitis
e) HIV-associated arthropathy
3) myositis
a) often confused with nucleoside-induced myopathy
b) ragged-red fibers (degenerating mitochondria) on muscle biopsy
Related
Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (HIV infection stage 3, AIDS)
General
complications in patients with HIV1 infection
rheumatologic disease