HIV1/AIDS-associated respiratory tract disorder

Etiology

• sinusitis
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Haemophilus influenzae
  • Moraxella catarrhalis
  • coagulase negative staphylococci
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Streptococcus viridans
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa may be sole cause with CD4 counts < 50/mm3
  • Aspergillus
  • Acanthamoeba
  • Mycobacterium avium
  • molds
• osteomyelitis as a complication of bacterial sinusitis
• pulmonary disease
  • bacterial pneumonia
    • Streptococcus pneumoniae
    • Staphylococcus aureus
    • Haemophilus influenzae
    • Klebsiella pneumoniae
    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • Legionella pneumophila
    • Nocardia asteroides
    • group A beta-hemolytic streptococci
    • Rhodococcus equi
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
  • pneumonitis secondary to systemic fungal infections
    • Cryptococcus
    • histoplasmosis
    • coccidioidomycosis
    • aspergillosis
  • Kaposi's sarcoma may occur in the tracheobronchial mucosa or pulmonary parenchyma
  • lymphoma

More general terms

• complications in patients with HIV1 infection
• respiratory tract disease

Additional terms

• Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (HIV infection stage 3, AIDS)