Many people with AIDS die from infections that a healthy immune system would typically be able to fend off, like pneumocystis, cytomegalovirus, or mycobacterium avium complex.

许多艾滋病患者死于原本健康的免疫系统本可抵抗的感染，比如卡氏肺孢子菌、巨细胞病毒或鸟分枝杆菌复合物。