title: Clinical correlates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related immunosuppression.
abstract: Opportunistic infections and cancers, collectively referred to as opportunistic diseases (OD), occur with increasing frequency as HIV-related immunosuppression advances. Knowledge of an individual's degree of immunosuppression, as measured by his or her CD4 cell count, will assist a clinician in constructing a differential diagnosis to account for a given clinical presentation. Likewise, the correlation of an individual's immunosuppression with their symptoms will enable a radiologist to assist a clinician in determining which radiological studies are most likely to lead to a diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical Center Worcester, MA, USA.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Reiter
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance