12/19/11, case 1
•18-yo male with perinatally infected HIV
•CD4 count was13, 7 months prior to admission
•Patient was not adherent to medications
•Hx of PCP pneumonia 7 months prior to admission
•Patient presents to ER with fever, cough, productive sputum
•Sputum culture:
•Sputum culture:
Relatively slow growth aerobically
Colony Morphology on chocolate agar:
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Gram Stain