Why Are Nearly All AIDS Patients at Risk of Developing

question 47

Multiple Choice

Why are nearly all AIDS patients at risk of developing Pneumocystis pneumonia?

• A) Pneumocystis jiroveci is becoming a wide-spread contaminant in health care environments.
• B) Pneumocystis jiroveci is commonly found in a wide variety of soils.
• C) The pathogen is easily transmitted from infected persons to others.
• D) Pneumocystis jiroveci is a common member of the respiratory microbiome in humans and opportunistic pathogen.
• E) Pneumocystis jiroveci is zoonotic in a wide range of vertebrates and exposure is unavoidable.

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