Pneumocystis Pneumonia in AIDS Patients
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چکیده
Pneumocystis is a major cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised individuals, including those with AIDS and those receiving immunosuppressive therapy. During the early stage of the AIDS epidemic, there were approximately 20,000 cases of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) per year. The incidence of PcP started to decline when prophylaxis was recommended in 1989 for HIV-infected patients with a CD4+ cell count less than 200/μL.1,2 A further decline in the incidence of PcP occurred around 1996 when highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) became widely used. At present, PcP occurs mainly as an AIDS-associated illness in patients who do not know that they are HIVpositive or who are not compliant with HAART Pneumocystis Pneumonia Jang-Jih Lu,1,2 Chao-Hung Lee3*
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