The nurse is gathering data from laboratory studies for a client who has HIV. The clients T4-cell count is 200/mm3, and the client has been diagnosed with Pneumocystis pneumonia. What does this indicate to the nurse?
A) The client has converted from HIV infection to AIDS.
B) The client has advanced HIV infection.
C) The client's T4-cell count has decreased due to the Pneumocystis pneumonia.
D) The client has another infection present that is causing a decrease in the T4-cell count.
A
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AIDS is the end stage of HIV infection. Certain events establish the conversion of HIV infection to AIDS: a markedly decreased T4 cell count from a normal level of 800 to 1200/mm3 and the development of certain cancers and opportunistic infections. The client does not have advanced HIV; they meet the criteria for the development of AIDS. The T4-cell count is not decreasing due to an infection.
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