<prompt> Which of the following is a criteria for clinical Stage II of AIDS in children?LymphadenopathyOral candidiasisHepatosplenomegalyOesophageal candidiasis  <response>: Ans. is c i.e., Hepatosplenomegaly Revised WHO clinical staging of HIVAIDS for infants and childrenClinical Stage 1 Asymptomatic Persistent generalized LymphadenopathyClinical Stage 2 Hepatosplenomegaly Papular pruritic eruptions Seborrhoeic dermatitis Extensive human papilloma virus infection Extensive molluscum contagiosum Fungal nail infections Recurrent oral ulcerations Lineal gingival erythema LGE Angular cheilitis Parotid enlargement Herpes zoster Recurrent or chronic RTIs otitis media, otorrhoea, sinusitisClinical Stage 3 Moderate unexplained malnutrition not adequately responding to standard therapy Unexplained persistent diarrhoea 14 days or more Unexplained persistent fever intermittent or constant, for longer than one month Oral candidiasis outside neonatal period Oral hairy leukoplakia Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitisperiodontitis Pulmonary TB Severe recurrent presumed bacterial pneumonia Conditions where con?rmatory diagnostic testing is necessary Chronic HIV-associated lung disease including brochiectasis Lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis LIP Unexplained anaemia 8gdl, and or neutropenia 1000mm3 and or thrombocytopenia 50 000 mm3 for more than one monthClinical Stage 4 Unexplained severe wasting or severe malnutrition not adequately responding to standard therapy Pneumocystis pneumonia Recurrent severe presumed bacterial infections e.g. empyema, pyomyositis, bone or joint infection, meningitis, but excluding pneumonia. Chronic herpes simplex infection; orolabial or cutaneous of more than one months duration Extrapulmonary TB Kaposis sarcoma Oesophageal candidiasis CNS toxoplasmosis outside the neonatal period HIV encephalopathy Conditions where confirmatory diagnostic testing is necessary CMV infection CMV retinitis or infection of organs other than liver, spleen or lymph nodes; onset at age one month or more Extrapulmonary cryptococcosis including meningitis Any disseminated endemic mycosis e.g. extrapulmonary histoplasmosis, coccidiomycosis, penicilliosis Cryptosporidiosis Isosporiasis Disseminated non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection Candida of trachea, bronchi or lungs Visceral herpes simplex infection Acquired HIV associated rectal fistula Cerebral or B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy PML HIV-associated cardiomyopathy or HIV-associated nephropathy 