- Allergy
- Aspergillosis
- B19 parvovirus
- Bacterial infections
- Blastomycosis
- Cancers - overview
- Candidiasis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Cryptococcus
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - overview
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - key research on treatment
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - key research on prophylaxis
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - references
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Giardia lamblia
- Gingivitis
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Gynaecomastia (breast enlargement)
- Hairy leukoplakia
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C - overview
- Hepatitis C - key research
- Hepatitis C - references
- Herpes simplex
- Histoplasmosis
- HIV-associated dementia - overview
- HIV-associated dementia - key research
- HIV-associated dementia - references
- HIV-associated salivary disease
- Hodgkin's disease
- Human herpes virus 6
- Human papilloma virus
- Isosporiasis
- Kaposi's sarcoma - overview
- Kaposi's sarcoma - key research
- Kaposi's sarcoma - references
- Lactic acidosis / acidaemia
- Leishmaniasis
- Lung cancer
- Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis
- Malaria
- Microsporidiosis
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Multicentric Castleman's disease
- Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI) - overview
- Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI) - key research
- Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI) - references
- Mycobacterium haemophilum
- Mycobacterium kansasii
- Neuropathy
- Neutropenia
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Osteonecrosis
- Osteoporosis
- Pancreatitis
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Penicilliosis
- Persistent generalised lymphadenopathy
- Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) - overview
- Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) - prevention & prophylaxis key research
- Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) - treatment key research
- Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) - references
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
- Psoriasis
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Q fever
- Renal (kidney) disease
- Salmonellosis
- Schistosomiasis and other worm and fluke infections
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis
- Syphilis
- Testicular cancer
- Testosterone deficiency
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
- Tinea
- Toxoplasmosis - overview
- Toxoplasmosis - treatment key research
- Toxoplasmosis - prophylaxis key research
- Toxoplasmosis - references
- Tuberculosis
- Ulcers
- Vacuolar myelopathy
- Varicella zoster virus
- Wasting syndrome - overview
- Wasting syndrome - key research
- Wasting syndrome - references
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura (TTP) is a rare but serious medical condition. Its incidence is increased in HIV infection, where it is most common in patients with CD4 counts below 100 cells/mm3. Among HIV-positive people, it occurs mainly in females of African origin. TTP is usually fatal if left untreated.
In the general population, the number of new cases per year is around 3.8 per million people. In HIV-positive people, its incidence is 24 to 40 times higher[1]
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