Difference between revisions of "Human immunodeficiency virus"

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==Infections==
==Infections==
*[[Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia]] (PCP).
*[[Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia]] (PCP).
*[[Isosporiasis]] - caused by Isospora belli.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/DECUNKNOWN.HTML http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/DECUNKNOWN.HTML]. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.</ref>
*[[Toxoplasmosis]].
*[[Toxoplasmosis]].
*[[Cryptosporidiosis]].
*[[Cryptosporidiosis]].
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**Consists of: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare.
**Consists of: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare.
***MAC = MAI (Mycobacterium avium intracellulare).<ref>URL: [http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML]. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.</ref> (???)
***MAC = MAI (Mycobacterium avium intracellulare).<ref>URL: [http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML]. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.</ref> (???)
Less common:
*[[Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy]].
*[[Isosporiasis]] - caused by Isospora belli.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/DECUNKNOWN.HTML http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/DECUNKNOWN.HTML]. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 05:48, 3 January 2012

Human immunodeficiency virus, abbreviated HIV, is the causative agent in acquire immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) - unless you're a nutbar South African president called Thabo Mbeki.[1]

It is associated with a very wide range of pathology including neoplasias and infections.

Neoplasia

Other

Infections

Less common:

See also

References

  1. URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/world/africa/26aids.html. Accessed on: 19 September 2010.
  2. Staudt MR, Kanan Y, Jeong JH, Papin JF, Hines-Boykin R, Dittmer DP (July 2004). "The tumor microenvironment controls primary effusion lymphoma growth in vivo". Cancer Res. 64 (14): 4790–9. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-3835. PMID 15256448.
  3. Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 322. ISBN 978-1416054542.
  4. URL: http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.
  5. URL: http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/DECUNKNOWN.HTML. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.