CD4 and Opportunistic infection: Patient #3 was a 40-year-old male of African origin whose initial CD4+ count was 335 cells/mm3, initial HIV viral load was 10,995 copies/mL and who had a serum creatinine of 11.21 mg/dL He had no history of opportunistic infections or chronic liver disease and was receiving dialysis but defaulted from care and died from the complications of renal failure.