Essential Facts on the Go: Internal Medicine (31 page)

Presence of an AIDS-defining illness (side b)

Pregnant/nursing females

HIV associated nephropathy (HIVAN)

Acute HIV infection

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Organ-Specific Opportunistic Infections in HIV

Opportunistic Infection Phophylaxis:

Pneumocystis Carinii
Pneumonia (PCP)

At risk if CD4 < 200

Bactrim DS po daily (alternatives include atovaquone, dapsone, inhaled pentamidine

Mycobacterium Avium
Complex (MAC)

At risk if CD4 < 50

Azithromycin 1200 mg po weekly

Tuberculosis

At risk regardless of CD4 count!