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This Opportunist Is the Most Frequent Cause of Life-Threatening Pneumonia

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This opportunist is the most frequent cause of life-threatening pneumonia in AIDS patients:


A) Cryptococcus neoformans
B) Candida albicans
C) Malassezia furfur
D) Pneumocystis (carinii) jiroveci
E) None of the choices are correct.

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