HIV-associated anemia

Etiology

• anemia of chronic disease
• infectious agents
  • Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
  • lymphoma involving the bone marrow
  • granulomatous infections, especially fungal
  • parvovirus B19
• drug-induced anemia
  • zidovudine causes direct marrow toxicity

Laboratory

• serum erythropoietin levels < 50 U/mL (2/3)
• also see anemia

Management

• recombinant erythropoietin for those patients with serum erythropoietin levels < 50 U/mL
• intravenous immune globulin for parvovirus B19 infection

More general terms

• HIV1/AIDS-associated hematologic disorder
• anemia