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Clinical indicator diseases for paediatric HIV infection

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clinical indicator diseases for paediatric HIV infection

 

AIDS-defining conditions

other conditions where HIV testing should be offered

ENT

 

  • chronic parotitis
  • recurrent and/or troublesome ear infections

oral

 

  • recurrent oral candidiasis
  • poor dental hygiene

respiratory

  • pneumocystis
  • CMV pneumonitis
  • tuberculosis
  • recurrent bacterial pneumonia
  • lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis
  • Bronchiectasis

neurology

  • HIV encephalopathy
  • meningitis/encephalitis
  • development delay
  • childhood stroke

dermatology

  • Kaposi "s sarcoma
  • severe or recalcitrant dermatitis
  • multidermatomal or recurrent herpes zoster
  • recurrent fungal infections
  • extensive warts or molluscum contagiosum

gastroenterology

  • wasting syndrome
  • persistent cryptosporidiosis
  • unexplained persistent hepatosplenomegaly
  • hepatitis B & C infection

oncology

  • lymphoma
  • Kaposi's sarcoma

 

hameatology

 

  • any unexplained blood dyscrasia including:
    • thrombocytopenia
    • neutropenia
    • lymphopenia

ophthalmology

  • cytomegalovirus retinitis
  • any unexplained retinopathy

other

  • recurrent bacterial infections (e.g. meningitis, sepsis, osteomyelitis, pneumonia etc.)
  • pyrexia of unknown origin

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