| BCNE | Bacterial pneumonia, recurrent (>2 episodes within 1 year) | D | New X-ray evidence not present earlier and culture of pathogen that typically causes pneumonia (other than P .carinii or M. tuberculosis |
| BCNE | Bacterial pneumonia, recurrent (>2 episodes within 1 year) | P | Acute radiological findings (new X-ray evidence not present earlier) and acute clinical findings |
| CANO | Candidiasis, oesophageal, bronchi, trachea, or lungs | D/A | Gross inspection by endoscopy/autopsy or by microscopy (histology) |
| CANO | Candidiasis, oesophageal, bronchi, trachea, or lungs | P | Recent onset retrosternal pain on swallowing and confirmed oral or pharyngeal candidiasis |
| CMVO | CMV – other location | D/A | Microscopy (histology or cytology) |
| CMVR | Cytomegalovirus (CMV) chorioretinitis | P | Loss of vision and characteristic appearance on serial ophtalmoscopy, progressing over serial months |
| CRCO | Cryptococcosis, extrapulm. | D/A | Microscopy, culture of, or antigen detection in affected tissue |
| CRSP | Cryptosporidiosis (duration > 1 month) | D/A | Microscopy. Duration of diarrhoea for more then 1 month |
| CRVC | Cervical Cancer | D/A | Histology |
| DEM | AIDS dementia complex | D | Disabling cognitive and/or motor dysfunction, or milestone loss in a child, and no other causes by CSF exam and brain imaging or by autopsy |
| DEM | AIDS dementia complex | P | Same as above but no CSF and brain imaging performed |
| FBLS | Focal Brain lesion | ? | TODO:: To be updated ASAP |
| HERP | Herpes simplex virus ulcers (duration > 1 month) or pneumonitis/esophagitis | D | Microscopy, culture of, or antigen detection in affected tissue |
| HIST | Histoplasmosis, extrapulm. | D/A | Microscopy, culture of, or antigen detection in affected tissue |
| ISDI | Isosporiasis diarrhoea (duration > 1 month) | D/A | Microscopy (histology or cytology). Duration of diarrhoea for more than 1 month |
| KS | Kaposi Sarcoma | D/A | Histology |
| KS | Kaposi Sarcoma | P | Characteristic erythematous/violaceous plaque-like lesion on skin or mucous membranes |
| LEIS | Leishmaniasis, visceral | D/A | Histology or culture of Leishmania amastigotes in bone marrow or detection of amastigotes in tissue/fluid from affected organ in a patient with symptoms and signs consistent with disseminated Leishmaniasis |
| LEU | Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy | D/A | Microscopy (histology or cytology) |
| LEU | Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy | P | Progressive deterioration in neurological function and CT/MR scan evidence |
| MC | Mycobact. avium complex (MAC) or Kanasii, extrapulm. | D | Culture |
| MCDI | Microsporidosis diarrhoes (dur. > 1 month) | D/A | Stool microscopy or rectal biopsy in patient with persistent diarrhoea |
| MCP | Mycobact. tuberculosis pulm. | D | Culture |
| MCPO | Mycobact. pulm., other | D | Culture (indicate type) |
| MCPO | Mycobact. pulm., other | P | Acid fast bacteria (species not identified by culture) in sputum |
| MCX | Mycobact. tuberculosis extrapulm | D | Culture |
| MCXO | Mycobact. extrapulm., other | D | Culture (indicate type) |
| MCXO | Mycobact. extrapulm., other | P | Acid fast bacteria (species not identified by culture) on microscopy of normally sterile body fluid/tissue |
| NHGB | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma – Burkitt (Classical or Atypical) | D | Histology |
| NHGI | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma – Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (Immunoblastic or Centroblastic) | D | Histology |
| NHGP | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Primary Brain Lymphoma | D | TODO:: To be updated ASAP |
| NHGP | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Primary Brain Lymphoma | P | Recent onset of focal neurological symptoms and signs or reduced level of consciousness, CT/MR scan evidence of a lesion or lesions having mass effect, no response to toxo therapy, no evidence of lymphoma outside the brain |
| NHGU | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Unknown/other histology | ? | TODO:: To be updated ASAP |
| PCP | Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) | D | Microscopy (histology or cytology) |
| PCP | Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) | P | Recent onset of dyspnoea on exertion or dry cough, and diffuse bilateral infiltrates on chest X-ray and pO2 <70 mmHg and no evidence of bacterial pneumonia |
| SAM | Salmonella bacteriaemia (non-tyhpoid) (recurrent) | D | Culture |
| TOX | Toxoplasmosis, brain | D | Microscopy (histology/cytology) |
| TOX | Toxoplasmosis, brain | P | Recent onset focal neurological abnormalities or reduced level of consciousness, and mass effect lesion on scan, and specific therapy response |
| WAST | HIV Wasting Syndrome | D | Weight loss (over 10% of baseline) with no other cause, and 30 days or more of either diarrhoea or weakness with fever |