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                                                           OPPORTUNISTIC PNEUMONIA










                            • Many of these infections are caused by opportunistic organisms

                               that typically do not produce disease in individuals with a normally

                               functioning immune system.







                            • Occur more frequently and are more severe in people with HIV.


                               This is because they have damaged immune systems.
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