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pneumocystis carinii
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pneumocystis carinii: see pneumonia pneumonia (n
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In a prospective study of 660 HIV-positive Malawian adults, we diagnosed Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) using clinical features, induced sputum for immunofluorescent staining, real-time PCR, and posttreatment followup.
4) preventing pneumocystis and some other infections with cotrimoxazole, inexpensive and recommended by the World Health Organization for several years but still not widely used (more evidence favoring it has been published recently);
At best, a cocktail of opportunistic infection (OI) prophylaxis drugs such as Bactrim, fluconazole, and azithromycin might be hoped to forestall the development of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), toxoplasmosis, cryptococcal meningitis, and Mycobacterium aviam intracellulare (MAC), while a number of other OIs remained horribly undertreated or untreatable.
 
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