which is one of the most commonly seen central nervous system (cns) opportunistic infections in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome population?
P. carinii pneumonia is the most common life-threatening opportunistic infection in AIDS patients, accounting for 52% of primarily diagnoses.' Infectious agents involving the central nervous system include mycobacteria, Toxoplasma gondii, Aspergillus organisms, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Candida albicans.