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Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (or PCP) is infection of the lungs caused by the fungus Pneumocystis carinii. PCP is not contagious but it is the most common serious opportunistic infection associated with AIDS. The real question is weather your relative has AIDS, because that could be the case. Depending on condition, there are several ways to treat this disease. Most of them include usage of drugs like TMP-SMX, Bactrim, Septra,
Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole, Dapsone, Trimethoprim, Primaquine, Prednisone, and some other
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