Table 2.
Authors | No. of patients | Decrease of incidence | Persistence or significant increase of incidence |
---|---|---|---|
Forrest et al., 1998 [3] | 2533 | Candidal infection, CMV disease, MAC infection, AIDS dementia complex, PCP, Kaposi's sarcoma | |
Ives et al., 2001 [5] | 1538 | PCP, Kaposi's sarcoma, criptosporidiosis | Oesophageal candidiasis, MAC infection |
Detels et al., 2001 [9] * | 2013 | MAC infection, CMV disease, oesophageal candidiasis, PCP | |
Dore et al., 2002 [10] | 4351 | MAC infection, CMV disease, cryptosporidiosis, Kaposi's sarcoma | Tuberculosis, oesophageal candidiasis, non‐Hodgkin lymphoma, AIDS dementia complex |
Ledergerber et al., 1999 [11] | 2410 | PCP, toxoplasmosis, Kaposi's sarcoma | Oesophageal candidiasis, MAC infection, CMV disease, non‐Hodgkin lymphoma |
In this study the investigators only evaluated the most common opportunistic infections. CMV, cytomegalovirus; PCP, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; MAC, Mycobacterium avium complex.