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Pneumocystis carinii

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Opportunistic Infections

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Abstract

With the advent of the AIDS pandemic in the last 15 years or so, the number of P. carinii pneumonia (PCP) cases has risen dramatically (1–6), establishing P. carinii pneumonia as the first life-threatening opportunistic infection recognized in AIDS (3–5,7), occuring as the initial manifestation in 50–60% of cases (8–10). It has been estimated that as many as 80% of AIDS patients may develop PCP at least once (11,12).

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