This is the most common opportunistic infection following HIV/AIDS . It frequently results from reactivation of a latent infection when the ...
This is the most common opportunistic infection following HIV/AIDS. It frequently results from reactivation of a latent infection when the CD4 count falls below 100 cells/pL. The caecum is most commonly affected (then small bowel, oesophagus and stomach). It may also cause a biliary periductal fibrosis.
• Pan-colitis, ascites and aphthous ulceration on a background of normal mucosa.
• Large ulcers.
• Caecum typically affected.
• Toxic megacolon and perforation may result in untreated cases.
• Lymph nodes are not enlarged.
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