An HIV-Positive Patient Should Be Treated with a Wide Array

question 47

Multiple Choice

An HIV-positive patient should be treated with a wide array of drugs because

• A)the sooner s/he is treated with antivirals, the more likely it is that the virus will be eliminated from their blood.
• B)s/he is susceptible to a variety of opportunistic infections and AIDS-defining illnesses.
• C)most HIV-positive patients are also intravenous drug users and require chemotherapy for their addiction.
• D)multiple antibiotics and antivirals should kill HIV and any resistant strains that might arise.

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