inPractice® - Primary Care Essentials

Infections that were rarely seen outside tropical settings are now common throughout the world due to increased travel, migration, and globalization, and present a risk to persons with HIV
Primary care providers should be knowledgeable on the most effective methods of exposure prevention and prophylaxis
Most common parasitic opportunistic infection seen in patients with HIV is Pneumocystis pneumonia, for which sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim is the preferred option for prophylaxis and treatment^{[CDC OI; EACS]}