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Opportunistic infections are infections that occur more frequently in people with advanced HIV disease, including tuberculosis, cryptococcal meningitis, pneumonia and toxoplasmosis.

Neurological & cognitive problems

Infections the main cause of CNS neurological problems in South African patients starting HIV treatment

News
8 November 2010
Cancer

Kaposi's sarcoma occurring at higher CD4 counts

News
16 September 2010
HIV treatment for children & young people

Daily cotrimoxazole better than three times weekly for infants with HIV

News
10 September 2010
Opportunistic infections

Are you ready for a world without antibiotics?

Editor's pick
The Guardian
12 August 2010
Opportunistic infections

Report of new “superbugs” emphasises ill-preparedness across Europe to meet this emerging public health challenge

Editor's pick
ESCMID
12 August 2010
Opportunistic infections

Prophylaxis for PCP can be stopped safely at CD4 counts above 100 in Europe

News
11 August 2010
Opportunistic infections

New 'superbug' hits UK hospitals

Editor's pick
BBC
11 August 2010
Opportunistic infections

Risk of IRIS means that HIV treatment should be delayed for patients taking fluconazole for cryptococcal meningitis

News
10 May 2010
Opportunistic infections

Pneumococcal vaccine offers protection to HIV-infected African adults with low CD4 counts

News
5 April 2010
Opportunistic infections

Cheap antibiotic halves risk of death in first 18 months of antiretroviral treatment

News
1 April 2010
Opportunistic infections

Vision loss affecting one in ten Ugandan people with HIV

News
8 February 2010
Starting treatment

IRIS common in patients with cryptococcal meningitis who start HIV treatment, but benefits of therapy outweigh risks

News
1 September 2009
Opportunistic infections

People with HIV will be a priority group for swine flu vaccination in UK

News
14 August 2009
Palliative care

Management of swallowing problems (oesophageal disorders) in people with HIV

News
2 October 2008
Malaria

Malaria returns when Ugandan ART patients stop cotrimoxazole

News
6 June 2008
HIV treatment for children & young people

The management of childhood pneumonia in settings with a high burden of HIV (part 2)

News
16 May 2008
HIV treatment for children & young people

The management of childhood pneumonia in settings with a high burden of HIV (part 1)

News
16 May 2008
Palliative care

Managing meningitis in people with HIV in resource-limited settings: a clinical review

News
21 December 2007
Opportunistic infections

Diagnosis and treatment of CMV retinitis in resource-limited settings achievable and a must, says MSF

News
12 December 2007
Opportunistic infections

Pattern of HIV-related central nervous system disorders varies by region, evolving alongside access to antiretroviral therapy

News
27 April 2007
Opportunistic infections

CROI: Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis reduces risk of death by 41% during first six months of ART

News
28 February 2007
Opportunistic infections

Prophylaxis guided by CD4 cell count a 'beacon of hope' for patients in poorer countries with no access to HIV treatment

News
11 August 2006
Opportunistic infections

WHO issues guidelines on use of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis

News
10 August 2006
Opportunistic infections

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis is feasible and effective in HIV-1 infected adult Ugandans but resistance concerns persist

News
25 July 2006