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1. OI in the HAART era

2. Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP)

3. Cerebral toxoplasmosis

4. CMV Retinitis

5. Candidiasis

6. Tuberculosis

7. Atypical Mycobacteriosis (MAC)

8. Herpes simplex

9. Herpes zoster

10. Progressive multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)

11. Bacterial pneumonia

12. Cryptosporidiosis

13. Cryptococcosis

14. Salmonella septicemia

15. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS)

16. Wasting Syndrome

Rare OIs

by Christian Hoffmann and Gerd Fätkenheuer

The following describes several opportunistic infections that rarely occur in central Europe, or have become very rare as a result of HAART. These diseases include aspergillosis, bacillary angiomatosis, histoplasmosis, isosporiasis, coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides immitis), visceral leishmaniasis, microsporidiosis, Penicillium marneffei mycosis and rhodococcosis. These infections affect HIV patients more frequently than immunocompetent individuals, have more serious courses of disease than in HIV-negative patients and recur more frequently. Despite this, only three, namely histoplasmosis, isosporiasis and coccidioidomycosis, are AIDS-defining according to the current CDC/WHO classification.