Table 3 List of comorbidities defining CDC stage B and C

Bacillary angiomatosis

Oropharyngeal Candida infection

Vulvovaginal candida infections, which are either chronic (longer than 1 month) or only poorly treatable

Cervical dysplasia or carcinoma in situ

Constitutional symptoms such as fever above 38.5°C or more than 4 weeks existing diarrhea

Oral hairy leukoplakia

Herpes zoster infection in multiple dermatomes or after relapse in a dermatome

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Listeriosis

Inflammation of the pelvis, especially when complications of tubal or Ovarialabszesses

Peripheral neuropathy

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Toxoplasma encephalitis

Oesophageal candida infection or infection of the bronchi, trachea or lungs

Chronic herpes simplex or herpes ulcers bronchitis, pneumonia or esophagitis

CMV retinitis

Generalized CMV infection (not liver or spleen)

Recurrent Salmonella septicemia

Recurrent pneumonias within one year

Extrapulmonary cryptococcal infections

Chronic intestinal cryptosporidiosis infection

Chronic intestinal infection with Isospora belli

Disseminated histoplasmosis or extrapulmonary

Tuberculosis

Infections with mycobacterium avium complex or M. kansasii, disseminated or extrapulmonary

Kaposi’s sarcoma

Malignant lymphomas (Burkitt, immunoblastic or primary cerebral lymphoma)

Invasive cervical carcinoma

HIV encephalopathy

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Wasting syndrome