An HIV-positive patient should be treated with a wide array of drugs because
A. s/he is susceptible to a variety of opportunistic infections and AIDS-defining illnesses.
B. the sooner s/he is treated with antivirals, the more likely it is that the virus will be eliminated from their blood.
C. multiple antibiotics and antivirals should kill HIV and any resistant strains that might arise.
D. most HIV-positive patients are also intravenous drug users and require chemotherapy for their addiction.
Answer: A
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