To be diagnosed as having AIDS, the patient must be HIV-positive, have a compromised immune system without known immune system disease or recent organ transplant, and present with

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The 1993 expanded case definition of AIDS includes all HIV-infected people who have CD₄+, T-lymphocyte counts of less than 200 cells/mm³; this includes all people who have one or more of these three clinical conditions: pulmonary tuberculosis, recurrent pneumonia, or invasive cervical cancer, and it retains the 23 clinical conditions listed in the 1987 AIDS case definition.

To Be Diagnosed as Having AIDS, the Patient Must Be