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Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pneumocystis Pneumonia
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Title Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/737814?src=rss
Description Pneumocystis pneumonia was once considered a rare disease. However, in the 1980s, with the onset of the HIV epidemic, Pneumocystis prevalence increased dramatically. Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Category Articles > HIV/AIDS
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Date Mar 4, 2011
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