when faced with the ever-increasing demand for the rapid laboratory diagnosis of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia ( pcp ) , as well as a variety of fungal , parasitic , and bacterial opportunistic infections in human immunodeficiency virus ( hiv ) -infected individuals , the chest service and the clinical microbiology laboratory at san francisco general hospital developed a coordinated plan for the collection and rapid examination of specimens to allow presumptive diagnoses to be made as quickly as possible .
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pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
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chest