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Article: Pneumocystis pneumonia infection is a continuing public health issue.
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- Drug Week
- Article date:
- December 24, 2004
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2004 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pneumocystis pneumonia infection is a continuing public health issue.
"Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) has historically been one of the leading causes of disease among persons with AIDS. The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy in industrialized nations has brought about dramatic declines in the incidence of AIDS-associated complications, including PCP," wrote investigators in the United States.
"In the adult population," said A. Morris and coworkers, "the incidence of PCP has significantly decreased, but it remains among the most common AIDS-defining infections. Similar declines have been ...