Mr. Baldwin was shocked,
angry and humiliated upon finding out the underlying problem. He felt certain
he had contracted AIDS from a prostitute several years earlier.
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He was started on Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
for his P. carinii infection and improved dramatically.
He was placed on a multi-drug
regimen for his HIV disease, consisting of:
Atripla
In a month he will get a follow-up
CD4+ lymphocyte count and plasma HIV level. He is undergoing counseling
to deal with a situational depression resulting from his AIDS, but appears
now to be accepting his condition. |