AIDS

Opportunistic Infections

E. Gregory Thompson MD - Internal Medicine

Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine

Peter Shalit MD, PhD - Internal Medicine

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Opportunistic infections that are common in people who have AIDS include pneumonia, tuberculosis, and <a class="HwLinkDefinition" data-hwid="stt11551" href="document/stt11551/stt11551-sec" data-document-type="Definition" data-document-href="stt11551" data-section-href="stt11551-sec" data-articleId="stt11551" data-topicId="stt11551-sec"><span class="HwLinkText">toxoplasmosis</span></a>. 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