An HIV-positive patient is hospitalized for evaluation of symptoms of progressive weakness,dyspnea,weight loss,and low-grade fever.A biopsy of lung tissue reveals Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.This diagnosis means that the patient
A) has AIDS.
B) has less than 2 years to live.
C) cannot be treated.
D) was an intravenous drug abuser.
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