HIV1/AIDS-associated hepatobiliary disorder

Etiology

• hepatitis B & hepatitis C are common in homosexual men & injection drug users
• drug-induced hepatotoxicity
• opportunistic infections
  • Mycobacteria
  • fungi
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  • toxoplasmosis
  • microsporidiosis
• neoplasms
• acalculous cholecystitis & papillary stenosis with sclerosing cholangitis
  • late complication
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  • cryptosporidiosis
  • microsporidiosis
• peliosis hepatis due to Bartonella
• liver-related deaths associated with low CD4 counts

Laboratory

• blood cultures for enteric pathogens & Mycobacterium avium intracellulare if fever or CD4 count > 50/uL

* see AIDS-associated gastrointestinal disorder for chronic diarrha

More general terms

• complications in patients with HIV1 infection

More specific terms

• HIV-associated cholangitis

Additional terms

• Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (HIV infection stage 3, AIDS)
• HIV1/AIDS-associated gastrointestinal disorder (includes HIV1-associated diarrhea)