Table 5.I.
CDC classification for diseases from HIV.
no. of CD4+ | Clinical categories | ||
---|---|---|---|
A: asymptomatic, acute HIV infection | B: symptomatic infection, non A - non C * conditions | C: symptomatic, conditions indicating AIDS | |
1: > 500 cell/mmc | A1 | B1 | C1 |
2: 200-499 cell/mmc | A2 | B2 | C2 |
3: < 200 cell/mmc | A3 | B3 | C3 |
* Clinical conditions characterising category B:
- bacillary angiomatosis;
- oropharyngeal candidiasis;
- vulvovaginal candidiasis, persistent, frequent or poorly responsive to treatment;
- cervical dysplasia (moderate or severe/carcinoma in situ);
- constitutional symptoms e.g. persistent high temperature (38.5°C) or diarrhea > 1 month;
- oral hairy leukoplakia
- multimetameric or recurring herpes zoster
- idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
- listeriosis
- pelvic inflammatory pathology, especially if complicated by tube-ovarian abscesses
- peripheral neuropathy