RT Book, Section
A1 Katz, Mitchell H.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166616134
T1 HIV Infection & AIDS: Clinical Findings
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260455281
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166616134
RD 2022/05/22
AB The  complications  of  HIV-related  infections  and  neoplasms  affect  virtually  every  organ.  The  general  approach  to  the  HIV-infected  person  with  symptoms  is  to  evaluate  the  organ  systems  involved,  aiming  to  diagnose  treatable  conditions  rapidly.  As  can  be  seen  in  Figure  31–1,  the  CD4  lymphocyte  count  result  enables  the  clinician  to  focus  on  the  diagnoses  most  likely  to  be  seen  at  each  stage  of  immunodeficiency.  Certain  infections  may  occur  at  any  CD4  count,  while  others  rarely  occur  unless  the  CD4  lymphocyte  count  has  dropped  below  a  certain  level.  For  example,  a  patient  with  a  CD4  count  of  600  cells/mcL,  cough,  and  fever  may  have  a  bacterial  pneumonia  but  would  be  very  unlikely  to  have  Pneumocystis  pneumonia.