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

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.