CDC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR HIV

* CDC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR HIV The Category B Symptomatic Conditions Category B symptomatic conditions are defined as symptomatic conditions occurring in an HIV-infected adolescent or adult that meets at least one of the following criteria:

They are attributed to HIV infection or indicate a defect in cell-mediated immunity.

They are considered to have a clinical course or management that is complicated by HIV infection. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Bacillary angiomatosis
• Oropharyngeal candidiasis (thrush)
• Vulvovaginal candidiasis, persistent or resistant
• Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
• Cervical dysplasia (moderate or severe)/cervical carcinoma in situ
• Hairy leukoplakia, oral
• Herpes zoster (shingles), involving two or more episodes or at least one dermatome
• Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
• Constitutional symptoms, such as fever (>38.5ºC) or diarrhea lasting >1 month
• Peripheral neuropathy

# Category C AIDS-Indicator Conditions

• Bacterial pneumonia, recurrent (two or more episodes in 12 months)
• Candidiasis of the bronchi, trachea, or lungs
• Candidiasis, esophageal
• Cervical carcinoma, invasive, confirmed by biopsy
• Coccidioidomycosis, disseminated or extrapulmonary
• Cryptococcosis, extrapulmonary
• Cryptosporidiosis, chronic intestinal (>1 month in duration)
• Cytomegalovirus disease (other than liver, spleen, or nodes)
• Encephalopathy, HIV-related
• Herpes simplex: chronic ulcers (>1 month in duration), or bronchitis, pneumonitis, or esophagitis
• Histoplasmosis, disseminated or extrapulmonary
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pulmonary or extrapulmonary
• Isosporiasis, chronic intestinal (>1-month duration)
• Kaposi sarcoma
• Lymphoma, Burkitt, immunoblastic, or primary central nervous system
• Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) or Mycobacterium kansasii, disseminated or extrapulmonary
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pulmonary or extrapulmonary
• Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly carinii) pneumonia (PCP)
• Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
• Salmonella septicemia, recurrent (nontyphoid)
• Toxoplasmosis of brain
• Mycobacterium, other species or unidentified species, disseminated or extrapulmonary
• Wasting syndrome caused by HIV (involuntary weight loss >10% of baseline body weight) associated with either chronic diarrhea (two or more loose stools per day for ≥1 month) or chronic weakness and documented fever for ≥1 month