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  1. AIDS and Its Pulmonary Threat - A Mystery Solved - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Since the 1980s, pneumocystis pneumonia, or PCP, has infected thousands of HIV/AIDS patients. For nearly three decades, Mayo Clinic internist Andrew Limper ...

  2. Pneumonia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Doctors recommend a different pneumonia vaccine for children younger than age 2 and for children ages 2 to 5 years who are at particular risk of pneumococcal ...

  3. Pentamidine (inhalation route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Pentamidine is used to try to prevent Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), a very serious type of pneumonia. This type of pneumonia occurs commonly in ...

  4. Pentamidine (injection route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Pentamidine is used to treat Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), a very serious kind of pneumonia. This kind of pneumonia occurs commonly in patients ...

  5. Pneumonia - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Pneumococcal pneumonia: Mechanisms of infection and resolution. Chest. 2012 ... Pneumococcal pneumonia in adults. http://www.uptodate.com/home ...

  6. Atovaquone (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Atovaquone is used to prevent and treat Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) in adults and children 13 years of age and older who cannot tolerate other ...

  7. Pneumococcal vaccine polyvalent (intramuscular route, subcutaneous route) - Side effects & uses - Mayo Clinic

    Other polyvalent pneumococcal vaccines may be available in countries other than the U.S.. Pneumococcal infection can cause serious problems, such as pneumonia ...

  8. Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (intravenous route) - Mayo Clinic

    It is also used to treat Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), a very serious kind of pneumonia. This type of pneumonia occurs more commonly in patients ...

  9. Sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    This medicine is also used to prevent or treat Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia or Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), a very serious kind of pneumonia. This ...

  10. Finding the Gold Standard When There isn't One

    “Pneumocystis pneumonia is a life threatening lung infection that can ... Pneumocystis pneumonia and respiratory failure,” says Dr. Wieruszewski ...