The Spectrum of Clinical and Pathological Manifestations of AIDS in a Consecutive Series of 236 Autopsied Cases in Mumbai, India

Table 3

Comparison of different autopsy studies in HIV/AIDS.

Reference No.	[55]	[62]	[67]	[68]	[72]	[75]	[80]	[81]	[85]	[90]	Present study
Year and country	1988	1992	1993	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2003	2008	2010
	USA	Mexico	Africa	USA	USA	USA	USA	Africa	Russia	Brazil	India
No. of Autopsies	164	177	247	565	168	233	390	104	321	250	236
M. TB	—	44	94	76	45	13	—	42	45	36	152
		(25%)	(38%)	(13%)	(27%)	(5%)		(40%)	(14%)	(14%)	(68%)
MAI	29	—	—	104	26	31	85	—	—	15	—
	(18%)			(18%)	(15%)	(13%)	(21%)			(6%)
Cryp	11	18	8	78	09	23	—	—	—	9	18
	(8%)	(10%)	(3%)	(14%)	(5%)	(10%)				(3%)	(8%)
Toxo	14	34	37	51	05	—	11	—	22	18	15
	(9%)	(19%)	(15%)	(9%)	(3%)		(3%)		(7%)	(7%)	(6%)
CMV	81	122	45	286	36	40	195	—	61	33	35
	(49%)	(69%)	(18%)	(51%)	(21%)	(17%)	(50%)		(19%)	(13%)	(16%)
PCP	99	42	7	308	55	56	100	11	—	68	11
	(60%)	(24%)	(3%)	(55%)	(33%)	(24%)	(26%)	(11%)		(27%)	(5%)
Cand	74	—	—	240	23	6	—	—	—	—	6
	(45%)			(42%)	(14%)	(2%)					(3%)
Histo	6	—	5	13	03	2	—	—	—	3	—
	(4%)		(2%)	(2%)	(2%)	(1%)				(1%)
Crysp	7	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
	(4%)		(3%)								(3%)
H. Simplex	17	—	5	92	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	(10%)		(2%)	(16%)
H. Zoster	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
			(2%)
Asperg	—	—	—	—	09	2	—	—	—	—	6
					(5%)	(1%)					(3%)
Bact Pneum	—	—	74	—		98	149	24	26	91	48
			(30%)			(42%)	(41%)	(23%)	(8%)	(36%)	(21%)
Nocardia	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
			(4%)
KS	45	53	22	138	—	19	41	11	32	11	2
	(27%)	(30%)	(9%)	(24%)		(8%)	(10%)	(11%)	(10%)	(4%)	(1%)
NHL	17	16	7	81	—	3	20	—	—	5	8
	(10%)	(9%)	(3%)	(14%)		(1%)	(5%)			(2%)	(3%)
PML	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	—	—	—
							(3%)
Str sterco	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
											(1%)
Discrepancy		—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42%

KS: Kaposi’s sarcoma, Toxo: Toxoplasmosis, Cryp: Cryptococcosis, Cand: Candidiasis, Crsp: cryptosporidiosis, Histo: Histoplasmosis, Asperg: Aspergilosis, bact Pneum: bacterial pneumonia, NHL: Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, PML: Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy, Str sterco: Strongiloides stercoralis.