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A type of pneumonia that AIDS patience develop?
Pneumocystic carinii pneumonia
What fungal disease causes pneumonia in people with AIDS?
Pneumocystis jirovecii causes pneumonia in people with AIDS. This pathogen was formerly known as Pneumocystic carinii.
How can yeasts can cause diseases in humans?
There is a yeast that can cause pneumonia, such as Pneumocystis carinii, which was previously thought to be a protozoa. This yeast causes Pneumonia like symptoms and spreads by infected cough droplets.
What is a major lung infection with fever cough chest pain and sputum and treated with bactrim?
Pneumonia is a major lung infection characterized by symptoms like fever, cough, chest pain, and sputum production. Bactrim is an antibiotic medication commonly used to treat bacterial pneumonia. It works by targeting and killing the bacteria causing the infection in the lungs.
How does PCP relate to AIDS?
Different kind of PCP. The drug PCP is a horse tranquilizer called Phencyclidine. The AIDS PCP is a disease called Pneumocystitis Carinii Pneumonia.
What is bacterium ds tablets?
Bactrim DS is known by its generic name as Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim and it is a antibiotic. Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim is used to treat ear infections, urinary tract infections, bronchitis, traveler's diarrhea, and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and many other bacterial infections.
If a person is diagnose with pcp do they have HIV?
Pnuemocystisis carinii pneumonia, or PCP, is an opportunistic infection most often seen in persons with HIV/AIDS. It's presence alone does not confirm infection with HIV. However, in combination with other symptoms, it is one of the infections used to diagnose HIV/AIDS.
What is often the first illness to appear in an HIV-infected infant?
Pneumonia caused by Pneumocystis carinii often is the first AIDS-related illness to appear in HIV-infected infants and is a major cause of death during the first year.
What virus causes retinitis in aids?
pneumocystis carinii
Which do you get first AIDS HIV or AIDS related diseases?
People contract HIV first. In time, they will develop AIDS-related diseases such as Kaposi's sarcoma or PCP (pneumocistis carinii pneumonia). Once they have AIDS-related diseases, they are typically diagnosed as having AIDS.
What does Co-Trimoxazole Tablets do?
Co-trimoxazole is used to treat a small number of serious infections but serious side effects limit its use, they are mainly used for;Chronic bronchitisEar infectionsInfection of the bladder or tubes that pass urine (urinary tract infection)Prevention of pneumonia caused by the bacterium pneumocystis carinii (PCP). The risk of this infection is increased in patients with decreased immune system function.Treatment of pneumonia caused by the bacterium pneumocystis carinii (PCP)
What is ground-glass interstitial disease of the lung?
It is a form of lung disease that looks like ground glass on x-ray and CT scans. The most common causes of ground-glass opacity include usual interstitial pneumonia, nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis, desquamative interstitial pneumonia, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, pulmonary oedema and pulmonary haemorrhage, and pneumonias (particularly pneumocystis carinii pneumonia). Less common causes include alveolar proteinosis, acute interstitial pneumonia or other causes of diffuse alveolar damage or the adult respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory bronchiolitis and early radiation pneumonitis.
