Immediate and contributing cause(s) of death with supporting clinical, microbiologic and histologic findings.

Symbols: ∧pre-mortem culture;∼post-mortem culture;&detected by PCR;%Ziehl-Neelson stain positive;*unsuspected at time of death;#not satisfactorily explained by post-mortem technique.Abbreviations: AFB – acid fast bacilli; ag – antigen; ART – antiretroviral therapy; ATN – acute tuberular necrosis; BM – bone marrow; CN – cranial nerve; CSF – cerebrospinal fluid; CMV – cytomegalovirus, CVA – cerebrovascular accident; DIC – disseminated intravascular coagulation;ESRD – end stage renal disease; GI – gastrointestingal; gran. – granulmonatous; HA – headache; HSM – hepatosplenomegaly; HTN – hypertension; ICH – intracerebral hemorrhage; inflam. – inflammation; IRIS – immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; KS – Kaposi sarcoma; LAD – lymphadenopathy; LN – lymph node; MAC – Mycobacterium avium complex; MTB – Mycobacterium tuberculosis; nec. – necrotizing; NHL – non-Hodgkins lymhoma; PCR – polymerase chain reaction; PJP – Pneumocystis iroveci pneumonia; PNA – pneumonia; pulm – pulmonary; TBT – tuberculosis therapy; vol. – volume.

符号说明：∧ 生前培养（pre-mortem culture）；∼ 死后培养（post-mortem culture）；& 经聚合酶链式反应（PCR）检测；% 齐尔-尼尔森（Ziehl-Neelson）染色阳性率；* 死亡时未被怀疑；# 死后检测技术无法合理解释。缩写对照表：AFB – 抗酸杆菌（acid fast bacilli）；ag – 抗原（antigen）；ART – 抗反转录病毒治疗（antiretroviral therapy）；ATN – 急性肾小管坏死（acute tubular necrosis）；BM – 骨髓（bone marrow）；CN – 脑神经（cranial nerve）；CSF – 脑脊液（cerebrospinal fluid）；CMV – 巨细胞病毒（cytomegalovirus）；CVA – 脑血管意外（cerebrovascular accident）；DIC – 弥散性血管内凝血（disseminated intravascular coagulation）；ESRD – 终末期肾病（end stage renal disease）；GI – 胃肠道（gastrointestinal）；gran. – 肉芽肿性（granulomatous）；HA – 头痛（headache）；HSM – 肝脾肿大（hepatosplenomegaly）；HTN – 高血压（hypertension）；ICH – 脑出血（intracerebral hemorrhage）；inflam. – 炎症（inflammation）；IRIS – 免疫重建炎症综合征（immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome）；KS – 卡波西肉瘤（Kaposi sarcoma）；LAD – 淋巴结病（lymphadenopathy）；LN – 淋巴结（lymph node）；MAC – 鸟分枝杆菌复合群（Mycobacterium avium complex）；MTB – 结核分枝杆菌（Mycobacterium tuberculosis）；nec. – 坏死性（necrotizing）；NHL – 非霍奇金淋巴瘤（non-Hodgkin lymphoma）；PCR – 聚合酶链式反应（polymerase chain reaction）；PJP – 耶氏肺孢子菌肺炎（Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia）；PNA – 肺炎（pneumonia）；pulm – 肺部的（pulmonary）；TBT – 抗结核治疗（tuberculosis therapy）；vol. – 体积（volume）