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General Clinical Features, Continued
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Opportunistic infections
account for 80% of deaths in AIDS patients.
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Cryptococcosis occurs
in approximately 10% of AIDS patients. Meningitis is the major manifestation.
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Central nervous system infection
with Toxoplasmosis gondii accounts for 50% of all CNS masses.
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Herpes simplex causes
mucosal ulcerations in the mouth, esophagus, external genitalia, perianal
skin.
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Cryptospordiosis accounts
for the majority of the chronic diarrhea.
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Diarrhea also results from Salmonella,
Shigella, and Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare.
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Recurrent bacterial pneumonias
result from depressed humoral immunity.
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