The trajectory of the US epidemic from the initial description of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in June 1981, to the status of AIDS as the leading cause of death in 25–44-year-olds by 1994/95 ...

were receiving > 12.5 mg/d of prednisone-equivalent glucocorticoids significantly increased the risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). Researchers conducted a case-control study to ...