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Table 1 AIDS-defining diseases among Israeli Men having sex with Men according to HIV treatment regimen period, Israel, 1981–2015

From: HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Israel: a 35-year epidemiological and clinical overview, 1981–2015

HIV treatment regimen period

1981–1996

1997–2007

2008–2015

1981–2015

Number of AIDS cases

N = 186

N = 69

N = 41

N = 296

Diseases

Diagnosis

%a

Diagnosis

%a

Diagnosis

%a

Diagnosis

%a

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

81

43.5

19

27.5

18

43.9

118

39.9

Kaposi’s sarcoma

44

23.7

10

14.5

5

12.2

59

19.9

Wasting syndrome due to HIV

32

17.2

16

23.2

1

2.4

49

16.6

Candidiasis, esophageal

22

11.8

6

8.7

2

4.9

30

10.1

Toxoplasmosis of brain in a patient over one month of age

22

11.8

4

5.8

1

2.4

27

9.1

Cytomegalovirus retinitis

21

11.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

21

7.1

Cryptococcosis, extrapulmonary

15

8.1

1

1.4

3

7.3

19

6.4

Opportunistic Infections, not specified

9

4.8

6

8.7

4

9.8

19

6.4

Mycobacterium avium complex or M. kansasii, disseminated or extrapulmonary

14

7.5

1

1.4

1

2.4

16

5.4

Pneumonia, recurrent in an adult or an adolescent (aged 13 years or over)

11

5.9

2

2.9

2

4.9

15

5.1

Cytomegalovirus disease (other than liver, spleen or nodes) in a patient over one month of age

9

4.8

3

4.3

2

4.9

14

4.7

Lymphoma, not specified

9

4.8

3

4.3

1

2.4

13

4.4

Cryptosporidiosis, intestinal with diarrhea (> 1 month duration)

9

4.8

2

2.9

0

0.0

11

3.7

Lymphoma, immunoblastic

5

2.7

5

7.2

0

0.0

10

3.4

Lymphoma, Burkitt’s

2

1.1

3

4.3

4

9.8

9

3.0

Herpes simplex: chronic ulcer(s) (> 1 month duration) or bronchitis, pneumitis or esophagitis in a patient over 1 month of age

8

4.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

8

2.7

Lymphoma, primary, of the brain

6

3.2

0

0.0

1

2.4

7

2.4

Encephalopathy, HIV-related

5

2.7

1

1.4

1

2.4

7

2.4

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

4

2.2

2

2.9

0

0.0

6

2.0

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pulmonary in an adult or adolescent (aged 13 or over)

0

0.0

4

5.8

2

4.9

6

2.0

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pulmonary in an adult or adolescent

1

0.5

2

2.9

1

2.4

4

1.4

Mycobacterium, other species or unidentified species, disseminated or extrapulmonary

2

1.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

0.7

Salmonella (non-typhoid) septicaemia, recurrent

0

0.0

2

2.9

0

0.0

2

0.7

Candidas of the bronchi, trachea or lungs

1

0.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.3

Histoplasmosis, disseminated or extrapulmonary

1

0.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.3

Total number of diagnoses

333

179.0

92

133.3

49

119.5

474

160.1

  1. (a) The percentage can exceed 100% due to the fact that there are sometimes multiple AIDS defining diseases per case