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Table 10 - Immediate Causes of Death by Disease and Organ Failure
in 565 Patients with AIDS at Autopsy: 1982-1993
AIDS Autopsy Program, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Organ System Involved Resp CNS GI Endo Liver Heart GU BM Skin Totals
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Pneumocystis jiroveci 170 - - - - - - - - 170
Bronchopneumonia 52 - - - - - - - - 52
Cytomegalovirus 31 9 4 4 - - - - - 48
Malignant Lymphoma 11 16 10 1 3 4 1 1 1 48
Cs neoformans 13 22 1 - - - 1 - - 37
M tuberculosis 14 1 - - 1 - 1 - - 26
Septicemia - - - - - - - - - 32
Kaposi's sarcoma 19 - 6 - - - - - - 25
T gondii 1 19 - - - 1 - - - 21
Encephalopathy - 16 - - - - - - - 16
M avium-intracellulare 4 - 5 1 - - - - - 10
H capsulatum 6 1 1 - 1 - - - - 9
Candida 6 2 - - - - 1 - - 9
Cs immitis 5 1 - - - - - - - 6
Aspergillosis 6 - - - - - - - - 6
Cryptosporidium - - 5 - - - - - - 5
HIV nephropathy - - - - - - 2 - - 2
Miscellaneous 12 5 9 2 4 6 1 1 3 43
Total Occurrences 565
Key: Resp=respiratory system from epiglottis to lung; GI=gastrointestinal system; Endo=endocrine system;
LN=lymph nodes; CNS=central nervous system; GU=genitourinary system; BM=bone marrow;
PML=progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; HIV=human immunodeficiency virus
Encephalopathy includes: HIV encephalopathy 8, Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy 7, acute hemorrhagic
leukoencephalopathy 1. Septicemia includes: Bacterial organisms 25, MAC 4, Candida 3
