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AIDS defining illness

Dr Alexandra Stanislavsky et al.

An AIDS defining illness, according to the CDC surveillance case definition¹, is any of the following list of conditions which in the setting of known HIV, confirms the diagnosis of AIDS.

bacterial infections : multiple or recurrent
candidiasis : of oesophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs
cervical cancer : invasive
coccidioidomycosis : disseminated or extrapulmonary
cryptococcosis : extrapulmonary
cryptosporidiosis or isosporiasis : chronic intestinal
cytomegalovirus disease : other than liver, spleen, or nodes
cytomegalovirus retinitis : with loss of vision
encephalopathy : HIV related
herpes simplex: chronic ulcers, bronchitis, pneumonitis, or esophagitis
histoplasmosis : disseminated or extrapulmonary
Kaposi sarcoma
lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (LIP) or pulmonary lymphoid hyperplasia complex
lymphoma : Burkitt , immunoblastic or primary CNS
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium complex or other species : disseminated or extrapulmonary
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
pneumonia : recurrent
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Salmonella septicaemia : recurrent
toxoplasmosis
wasting syndrome of HIV