What are the main opportunistic diseases that can affect AIDS patients?
Among the opportunistic diseases that affect HIV infected people during the AIDS stage some are: mucocutaneous and systemic candidiasis, Kaposi’s sarcoma (blood vessel tumors that result in darkened spots on the skin and internal organs), tuberculosis, cytomegalovirus infection, pneumonia by the fungus P. Carinii (pneumocystis pneumonia), toxoplamosis, herpes, etc. Some other opportunistic diseases are: salmonellosis, histoplasmosis, aspergillosis, cryptococcosis, isosporiasis, lymphomas.
