27th June 2023

Bertha is a 60-year-old woman who presents following dry cough, shortness of breath and weight loss to her GP practice in Newcastle.

Bertha is a 60-year-old woman who presents following dry cough, shortness of breath and weight loss to her GP practice in Newcastle. She is found to have HIV and a CD4+ T-cell count of 74/μL. She has bilateral ground-glass opacification on chest radiography. She has positive beta-D-glucan testing in serum, however, she has no growth on her sputum culture. Which of the following treatments would you consider initiating in addition to antiretroviral therapy?

Select the SINGLE most appropriate option from the list below. Select ONE option only.