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Pneumocystis jirovecii (PCP) pneumonia»Tx: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX), a combination antibiotic that synergistically inhibits folate synthesis by inhibiting dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthetase. If the patient has a sulfa-drug allergy, the treatment of choice would be pentamidine.