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==Overview==
==Overview==
Many definitions have been developed for [[epidemiology|epidemiological]] surveillance of HIV/AIDS such as the ''Bangui definition'' and the ''1994 Expanded World Health Organization AIDS Case Definition''. However, clinical staging of patients was not an intended use for these systems as they are neither sensitive, nor specific for that purpose. In developing countries, the [[World Health Organization]] staging system for HIV infection and disease that uses clinical and laboratory data is widely employed. The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Centers for Disease Control]] (CDC) Classification System for HIV/AIDS is another primary system used.
Many definitions have been developed for [[epidemiology|epidemiological]] surveillance of HIV/AIDS such as the ''Bangui definition'' and the ''1994 Expanded World Health Organization AIDS Case Definition''. However, these systems are neither sensitive nor specific for clinical staging. In developing countries, the [[World Health Organization]] staging system for HIV infection and disease that uses clinical and laboratory data is widely employed. The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Centers for Disease Control]] (CDC) Classification System for HIV/AIDS is another primary system used that is primarily based on [[T helper cells|CD4 T-lymphocyte]] counts.
 
==Classification==
==Classification==
===WHO Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease in Adults and Adolescents<small><ref name=CDC>{{cite web | title = CDC Global AIDS module| url = http://www.cdc.gov/globalaids/Resources/pmtct-care/docs/PM/Module_1PM.pdf }}</ref></small>===
===WHO Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease in Adults and Adolescents<ref name=who>WHO case definitions of HIV for surveillance and revised clinical staging and immunological classification of HIV-related disease in adults and children. 2006.</ref>===


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*Papular pruritic eruptions
*Papular pruritic eruptions
*Angular cheilitis
*Angular cheilitis
*[[Seborrhoeic]] [[dermatitis]]
*Seborrhoeic [[dermatitis]]
*Fungal [[finger nail]] [[infections]]
*Fungal [[finger nail]] [[infections]]
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===WHO Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease in Children===
===WHO Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease in Children (Revised 2006) <ref name=who>WHO case definitions of HIV for surveillance and revised clinical staging and immunological classification of HIV-related disease in adults and children. 2006.</ref>===
 
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*[[Hepatosplenomegaly]]
*[[Hepatosplenomegaly]]
*[[Papular pruritic eruptions]]
*Papular pruritic eruptions
*[[Seborrhoeic dermatitis]]
*[[Seborrhoeic dermatitis]]
*Extensive [[human papilloma virus infection]]
*Extensive human papilloma virus infection
*Extensive [[molluscum contagiosum]]
*Extensive [[molluscum contagiosum]]
*Fungal [[nail]] [[infections]]
*Fungal nail [[infections]]
*Recurrent [[oral ulcerations]]
*Recurrent [[oral ulcerations]]
*[[Linear gingival erythema]] (LGE)
*Linear gingival erythema (LGE)
*Angular [[cheilitis]]
*Angular [[cheilitis]]
*[[Parotid]] enlargement
*[[Parotid]] enlargement
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*Unexplained severe wasting or severe [[malnutrition]] not adequately responding to standard therapy
*Unexplained severe wasting or severe [[malnutrition]] not adequately responding to standard therapy
*[[Pneumocystis pneumonia]]
*[[Pneumocystis pneumonia]]
*Recurrent severe presumed bacterial [[infections]] (e.g. [[empyema]], [[pyomyositis]], [[bone]] or [[joint infection]], [[meningitis]], but excluding [[pneumonia]])
*Recurrent severe presumed bacterial [[infections]] (e.g. [[empyema]], [[pyomyositis]], [[bone]] or joint infection, [[meningitis]], but excluding [[pneumonia]])
*Chronic [[herpes simplex]] infection; (orolabial or cutaneous of more than one month’s duration)
*Chronic [[herpes simplex]] infection; (orolabial or cutaneous of more than one month’s duration)
*Extrapulmonary [[Tuberculosis]]
*Extrapulmonary [[Tuberculosis]]
*[[Kaposi’s sarcoma]]
*Kaposi’s sarcoma
*Oesophageal [[candidiasis]]
*Oesophageal [[candidiasis]]
*Central nervous system [[toxoplasmosis]] (outside the neonatal period)
*Central nervous system [[toxoplasmosis]] (outside the neonatal period)
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*[[Cryptosporidiosis]]
*[[Cryptosporidiosis]]
*[[Isosporiasis]]
*[[Isosporiasis]]
*Disseminated non-tuberculous [[mycobacteria infection]]
*Disseminated non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection
*[[Candida]] of trachea, bronchi or lungs
*[[Candida]] of trachea, bronchi or lungs
*Visceral [[herpes simplex infection]]
*Visceral herpes simplex infection
*Acquired [[HIV]] associated rectal fistula
*Acquired [[HIV]] associated rectal fistula
*Cerebral or B cell [[non-Hodgkin lymphoma]]
*Cerebral or B cell [[non-Hodgkin lymphoma]]
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===CDC Classification System for HIV Infection===
==CDC Classification System==
*In the beginning, the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) did not have an official name for the disease, often referring to it by way of the diseases that were associated with it, for example, [[lymphadenopathy]], the disease after which the discoverers of HIV originally named the virus.<ref name=MMWR1982a>{{


cite journal
The table below shows the HIV infection stage, based on age-specific CD4+ T-lymphocyte count or CD4+ T-lymphocyte percentage of total lymphocytes. <ref> {{cite web| url=http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/statistics/recommendations/terms.html| title=CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Publications}}</ref>
| author=Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
| title=Persistent, generalized lymphadenopathy among homosexual males.
| journal=MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. | year=1982 | pages=249&ndash;251 | volume=31| issue=19
| pmid=6808340


}}</ref><ref name=Barre>{{cite journal | author=Barré-Sinoussi F, Chermann JC, Rey F, et al | title=Isolation of a T-lymphotropic retrovirus from a patient at risk for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) | journal=Science | year=1983 | pages=868–871 | volume=220 | issue=4599 | pmid=6189183 | doi=10.1126/science.6189183 | format=
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*They also used ''Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections'', the name by which a task force had been set up in 1981.<ref name=MMWR1982b>{{
!rowspan=3|Stage*
 
!colspan=6|Age on date of CD4 T-lymphocyte test
cite journal
| author=Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
| title=Opportunistic infections and Kaposi's sarcoma among Haitians in the United States
| journal=MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. | year=1982 | pages=353&ndash;354; 360&ndash;361 | volume=31 | issue=26
| pmid=6811853
 
}}</ref>
*In the general press, the term ''GRID'', which stood for [[Gay-related immune deficiency]], had been coined.<ref name=Altman>{{
 
cite news
| author=Altman LK
| title=New homosexual disorder worries officials
| work=The New York Times | date=1982-05-11
 
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*However, after determining that AIDS was not isolated to the homosexual community,<ref name=MMWR1982b/> the term GRID became misleading and ''AIDS'' was introduced at a meeting in July 1982.<ref name=Kher>{{
 
cite news
| author=Kher U
| title=A Name for the Plague
| work=Time | date=1982-07-27 | url=http://www.time.com/time/80days/820727.html |accessdate=2008-03-10
 
}}</ref>
*By September 1982 the CDC started using the name AIDS, and properly defined the illness.<ref name=MMWR1982c>{{
 
cite journal
| author=Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
| title=Update on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)—United States.
| journal=MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. | year=1982 | pages=507&ndash;508; 513&ndash;514 | volume=31 | issue=37
| pmid=6815471
 
}}</ref>
*In 1993, the CDC expanded their definition of AIDS to include all HIV positive people with a CD4<SUP>+</SUP> T cell count below 200 per µL of blood or 14% of all [[lymphocyte]]s.<ref name=MMWR>{{
 
cite web | publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] | publisher=CDC | year=1992
| url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00018871.htm
| title=1993 Revised Classification System for HIV Infection and Expanded Surveillance Case Definition for AIDS Among Adolescents and Adults
| accessdate = 2006-02-09
 
}}</ref>
*The majority of new AIDS cases in developed countries use either this definition or the pre-1993 CDC definition. The AIDS diagnosis still stands even if, after treatment, the CD4<SUP>+</SUP> T cell count rises to above 200 per µL of blood or other AIDS-defining illnesses are cured.
 
==CDC Classification System for HIV Infection in Adults and Adolescents==
According to the US CDC definition, one has [[AIDS]] if he/she is infected with HIV and present with one of the following:
*A CD4+ T-cell count below 200 cells/µl (or a CD4+ T-cell percentage of total lymphocytes of less than 14%).
'''or''' he/she has one of the following defining illnesses
 
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! Cells/µL||%||Cells/µL||%||Cells/µL||%
*[[Candidiasis]] of bronchi, trachea, or lungs
*[[Candidiasis]] esophageal
*[[Cervical cancer]] (invasive)
*[[Coccidioidomycosis]], disseminated or extrapulmonary
*[[Cryptococcosis]], extrapulmonary
*[[Cryptosporidiosis]], chronic intestinal for longer than 1 month
*[[Cytomegalovirus]] disease (other than [[liver]], [[spleen]] or [[lymph nodes]])
*[[Encephalopathy]] (HIV-related)
*[[Herpes simplex]]: chronic ulcer(s) (for more than 1 month); or [[bronchitis]], [[pneumonitis]], or [[esophagitis]]
*[[Histoplasmosis]], disseminated or extrapulmonary
*[[Isosporiasis]], chronic intestinal (for more than 1 month)
*[[Kaposi's sarcoma]]
*[[Lymphoma]] [[Burkitt's]], immunoblastic or primary brain
*Mycobacterium avium complex
*Mycobacterium, other species, disseminated or extrapulmonary
*[[Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia|Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia]]
*[[Pneumonia]] (recurrent)
*[[Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy]]
*[[Salmonella]] septicemia (recurrent)
*[[Toxoplasmosis]] of the brain
*[[Tuberculosis]]
*Wasting syndrome due to HIV
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People who are not infected with [[HIV]] may also develop these conditions; this does not mean they have [[AIDS]]. However, when an individual presents laboratory evidence against HIV infection, a diagnosis of AIDS is ruled out unless the patient has not:
 
* undergone high-dose corticoid therapy or other immunosuppressive/cytotoxic therapy in the three months before the onset of the indicator disease
* '''OR''' been diagnosed with [[Hodgkin's disease]], non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, lymphocytic leukemia, multiple myeloma, or any cancer of lymphoreticular or histiocytic tissue, or angioimmunoblastic lymphoadenopathy
* '''OR''' a genetic immunodeficiency syndrome atypical of HIV infection, such as one involving hypogamma globulinemia
 
'''AND'''
 
* the individual has had ''Pneumocystis carinii'' pneumonia
* '''OR''' one of the above defining illnesses '''AND''' a CD4+ T-cell count below 200 cells/µl (or a CD4+ T-cell percentage of total lymphocytes of less than 14%).
 
==CDC Classification System for HIV Infection in Children==
 
In the new system, HIV-infected children are classified into mutually exclusive categories according to three parameters:
 
:a) infection status
 
:b) clinical status
 
:c) immunologic status
 
This classification system reflects the stage of the child's disease, establishes mutually exclusive classification categories, and balances simplicity and medical accuracy in the classification process. This document also describes revised pediatric definitions for two acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-defining conditions.
 
When an infant is born to an HIV-infected mother, diagnosis of an HIV infection is complicated by the presence of maternal anti-HIV IgG antibody, which crosses the placenta to the fetus. Indeed, virtually all children born to HIV-infected mothers are HIV-antibody positive at birth, although only 15%-30% are actually infected.
 
 
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*Children who have no signs or symptoms considered to be the result of HIV
*infection or who have only one of the conditions listed in Category A.
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Children with two or more of the conditions listed below but none of the conditions listed in Categories B and C.
*[[Lymphadenopathy]] (>=0.5 cm at more than two sites; bilateral = one site)
*[[Hepatomegaly]]
*[[Splenomegaly]]
*[[Dermatitis]]
*[[Parotitis]]
*Recurrent or persistent [[upper respiratory infection]], [[sinusitis]], or [[otitis media]]
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Children who have symptomatic conditions other than those listed for Category
A or C that are attributed to HIV infection. Examples of conditions in clinical
Category B include but are not limited to:
 
*[[Anemia]] (<8 g/dL), [[neutropenia]] (<1,000/mm³), or [[thrombocytopenia]] (<100,000/mm³) persisting for at least 30 days
*[[Bacterial meningitis]], [[pneumonia]], or [[sepsis]] (single episode)
*[[Candidiasis]], oropharyngeal (thrush), persisting for more than 2 months in children over 6 months of age
*[[Cardiomyopathy]]
*[[Cytomegalovirus]] infection, with onset before 1 month of age
*Diarrhea, recurrent or chronic
*[[Hepatitis]]
*[[Herpes simplex virus]] (HSV) [[stomatitis]], recurrent (more than two episodes within 1 year)
*HSV [[bronchitis]], [[pneumonitis]], or [[esophagitis]] with onset before 1 month of age
*[[Herpes zoster]] ([[shingles]]) involving at least two distinct episodes or more than one dermatome
*[[Leiomyosarcoma]]
*Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (LIP) or pulmonary lymphoid hyperplasia complex
*[[Nephropathy]]
*[[Nocardiosis]]
*Persistent fever (lasting more than 1 month)
*[[Toxoplasmosis]], onset before 1 month of age
*[[Varicella]], disseminated (complicated [[chickenpox]])
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*Serious bacterial infections, multiple or recurrent (i.e., any combination of at least two culture-confirmed infections within a 2-year period), of the following types: [[septicemia]], pneumonia, [[meningitis]], bone or joint infection, or abscess of an internal organ or body cavity (excluding otitis media, superficial skin or mucosal abscesses, and indwelling catheter-related infections)
*Candidiasis, esophageal or pulmonary ([[bronchi]], [[Vertebrate trachea|trachea]], [[lungs]])
*[[Coccidioidomycosis]], disseminated (at site other than or in addition to lungs or cervical or hilar [[lymph nodes]])
*[[Cryptococcosis]], extrapulmonary
*[[Cryptosporidiosis]] or [[isosporiasis]] with diarrhea persisting more than 1 month
*[[Cytomegalovirus]] disease with onset of symptoms at age over 1 month (at a site other than [[liver]], [[spleen]], or lymph nodes)
*[[Encephalopathy]] (at least one of the following progressive findings present for at least 2 months in the absence of a concurrent illness other than HIV infection that could explain the findings): a) failure to attain or loss of developmental milestones or loss of intellectual ability, verified by standard developmental scale or neuropsychological tests; b) impaired brain growth or acquired [[microcephaly]] demonstrated by head circumference measurements or brain atrophy demonstrated by computerized [[tomography]] or [[magnetic resonance imaging]] (serial imaging is required for children under 2 years of age); c) acquired symmetric motor deficit manifested by two or more of the following: [[paresis]], pathologic reflexes, [[ataxia]], or gait disturbance
*Herpes simplex virus infection causing a mucocutaneous [[ulcer]] that persists for more than 1 month; or [[bronchitis]], [[pneumonitis]], or esophagitis for any duration affecting a child over 1 month of age
*[[Histoplasmosis]], disseminated (at a site other than or in addition to lungs or cervical or hilar lymph nodes)
*[[Kaposi's sarcoma]]
*[[Lymphoma]], primary, in [[brain]]
*Lymphoma, small, noncleaved cell ([[Burkitt's lymphoma|Burkitt's]]), or immunoblastic or large cell lymphoma of [[B-cell]] or unknown immunologic phenotype
*[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]], disseminated or extrapulmonary
*Mycobacterium, other species or unidentified species, disseminated (at a site other than or in addition to lungs, skin, or cervical or hilar lymph nodes)
*[[Mycobacterium avium complex]] or [[Mycobacterium kansasii]], disseminated (at site other than or in addition to lungs, skin, or cervical or hilar lymph nodes)
*[[Pneumocystis carinii]] pneumonia
*Progressive multifocal [[leukoencephalopathy]]
*[[Salmonella]] (nontyphoid) [[septicemia]], recurrent
*[[Toxoplasmosis]] of the brain with onset at greater than 1 month of age
*Wasting syndrome in the absence of a concurrent illness other than HIV infection that could explain the following findings: a) persistent weight loss more than 10% of baseline OR b) downward crossing of at least two of the following percantile lines on the weight-for-age chart (e.g., 95th, 75th, 50th, 25th, 5th) in a child at least 1 year of age OR c) less than the 5th percentile on weight-for-height chart on two consecutive measurements at least 30 days apart PLUS a) chronic diarrhea (i.e., at least two loose stools per day for more than 30 days) OR b)documented fever (for at least 30 days, intermittent or constant)
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

Overview

Many definitions have been developed for epidemiological surveillance of HIV/AIDS such as the Bangui definition and the 1994 Expanded World Health Organization AIDS Case Definition. However, these systems are neither sensitive nor specific for clinical staging. In developing countries, the World Health Organization staging system for HIV infection and disease that uses clinical and laboratory data is widely employed. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Classification System for HIV/AIDS is another primary system used that is primarily based on CD4 T-lymphocyte counts.

Classification

WHO Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease in Adults and Adolescents[1]

Clinical stage Features
Clinical stage 1
Clinical stage 2
Clinical stage 3

Conditions where a presumptive diagnosis can be made on the basis of clinical signs or simple investigations

Conditions where confirmatory diagnostic testing is necessary

Clinical stage 4

Conditions where a presumptive diagnosis can be made on the basis of clinical signs or simple investigations

Conditions where confirmatory diagnostic testing is necessary

WHO Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease in Children (Revised 2006) [1]

Clinical stage Features
Clinical stage 1
Clinical stage 2
Clinical stage 3

Conditions where a presumptive diagnosis can be made on the basis of clinical signs or simple investigations

Conditions where confirmatory diagnostic testing is necessary

Clinical stage 4

Conditions where a presumptive diagnosis can be made on the basis of clinical signs or simple investigations

Conditions where confirmatory diagnostic testing is necessary

CDC Classification System

The table below shows the HIV infection stage, based on age-specific CD4+ T-lymphocyte count or CD4+ T-lymphocyte percentage of total lymphocytes. [2]

Stage* Age on date of CD4 T-lymphocyte test
<1 year 1—5 years 6 years through adult
Cells/µL % Cells/µL % Cells/µL %
1 ≥1,500 ≥34 ≥1,000 ≥30 ≥500 ≥26
2 750—1,499 26—33 500—999 22—29 200—499 14—25
3 <750 <26 <500 <22 <200 <14
*The stage is based primarily on the CD4+ T-lymphocyte count; the CD4+ T-lymphocyte count takes precedence over the CD4 T-lymphocyte percentage, and the percentage is considered only if the count is missing.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WHO case definitions of HIV for surveillance and revised clinical staging and immunological classification of HIV-related disease in adults and children. 2006.
  2. "CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Publications".

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